Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - I te manukanuka a Sir John French ki te tapahia atu i te Channel Ingarihi, i toro atu ia ki Sordet i Avesnes i te 24 o Akuhata, ana i kii ki a ia kei te tiakina te taha ki te hauauru o nga Allied e nga ope o te ope whenua (nga kaitautoko i waenga i te 35 ki te 48 tau) i raro i a Albert d'Amade i Arras me te kaitiaki o Lille. I tono a Sir John ki a Sordet kia hipoki i te taha maui o Ingarangi, engari i tono a Sordet kia korero tuatahi ki tana ake raupapa whakahau. I kii a Sordet ki a Sir John kua ngenge rawa ana hoiho ki te neke, engari i neke ia i te tawhiti roa i muri mai, he mea i kii a Major-General Snow, rangatira o te Rōpū 4 o Ingarangi, i muri mai hei tohu kaore pea a Sordet i mahi nui i te Pakanga o Le Cateau
He aha? I te 10am i te 24 o Akuhata i whakahaua a Lanrezac, e whakaaro ana kei te hoki mai a Sir John French ki ona raina whakawhitiwhiti korero me te tawhiti atu i nga ope French, i whakahau a Sordet kia hoki mai ki Landrecies i te ra e whai ake nei, i waenga i te BEF me te Fifth Army. I huri a Lanrezac i tana whakaaro i te haora i muri mai, ka whakahau i a Sordet kia hoki ki te taha maui o te BEF i whakahaua i mua.