Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Makamai na yankin sansanin soja na Lille a shekara ta 1914, ya ƙunshi da (ciki har da harsasai), na bindigogi da bindigogi, waɗanda aka aika daga Paris. A lokacin da
Yaƙin Charleroi (21 ga Agusta), Janar d'Amade ya yi garkuwa da yankin daga Maubeuge zuwa Dunkirk tare da layin Rukunin Yankin. Rukunin na 82 ya mallaki yankin tsakanin Escaut da Scarpe, tare da wuraren ci gaba a Lille, Deûlémont da Tournai, a kan iyakar Belgium. Yankin ya haƙa amma a ranar 23 ga watan Agusta, Sojojin Turawa na Burtaniya (BEF) sun ja da baya daga Mons kuma Jamusawa sun kori Sashin Yankin na 82 daga Tournai. Jamusanci sun kai Roubaix da Tourcoing kafin hare-haren da sojojin 83rd da 84th suka yi a cikin dare suka sake kama Tournai. A farkon ranar 24 ga watan Agusta, Brigade na 170 ya shirya kare gadaje a kan Escaut amma a kusa da tsakar rana, an tilasta wa yankuna su koma baya ta hanyar hare-haren Jamus. Magajin garin Lille ya bukaci a bayyana garin a bude kuma a Ministan War ya umarci garuruwan da su bar garin kuma su matsa tsakanin La Bassée da Aire-sur-la-Lys.