Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te hui ki a Sir John French me Lanrezac (komana o te Fifth Army), kaore i tino korero, i St Quentin i te ata o te 26 o Akuhata, me te whakarongo ki nga purongo (i puta mai i muri mai he mea nui) mo te whakangaromanga o te II Corps o Ingarangi i te
Ko Le Cateau, i tino awangawanga a Joffre mo te ngoikore o tona taha maui me te tupono ka paahitia te British Expeditionary Force. I taua po i whakahaua e ia te "Whakaaturanga Nama 2", e whakahau ana kia hangaia he ope hou i raro i a Maunoury huri noa i Amiens i te taha uru o France, e wha nga wehenga rahui me tetahi roopu. I whakakorehia ano e ia te Ope o Lorraine ka tukuna ana kaimahi ki te ope hou a Maunoury, ahakoa kaore i te wehenga i whakauruhia ki te Toru o nga Ope. I whakakorehia hoki e ia te ope taua a Paul o Alsace.