Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I whakaarahia a French i te 2 i te ata i te 26 o Akuhata me te korero kei te whakaekehia a Haig's I Corps i Landrecies, a ka whakahaua a Smith-Dorrien (3.50 am) ki te awhina ia ia. Ka whakahokia e Smith-Dorrien "kaore e taea e ia te neke i te tangata". I riri tenei ki a French i a ia e aroha ana ki a Haig i taua wa. I whakaarahia anō a French i tōna moe i te 5 o te ata me te rongo kua whakatau a Smith-Dorrien ki te tu me te whawhai ki Le Cateau
, i te mea ka tae atu nga Tiamana ki a ia i mua i tana whai waahi ki te hoki. I te tohe kia kaua e whakaarahia te Murray kua ngenge, i waea mai a French ki a ia e hiahia ana ia ki a Smith-Dorrien ki te "hanga i nga mahi katoa" ki te hoki mai engari he "ringa noa mo te tikanga", i tangohia e Smith-Dorrien hei whakaaetanga ki te tu. Kāore i whakahuahia tēnei karere i roto i te rārangipāpāho me ngā kōrero a French. I tukuna ano e Sir John he korero ki a Lanrezac i te 5 o te ata, me te tono kia awhina ia Haig (i te taha matau o Smith-Dorrien), i whakaae ia ki te mahi, ahakoa kaore i hiahiatia tana awhina. I te whakaoho tika, i whakahau a French ki a Wilson kia waea atu ki a Smith-Dorrien me te whakahau kia wehe wawe atu. I mutu a Wilson i te kōrerorero mā te mea "Kia waimarie ki a koe. Ko tou te reo hari tuatahi kua rongo ahau i roto i te toru ra. "