Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Garin Faransa na Maubeuge ya kasance babban sansanin soja a gefen Faransa na iyaka. Tare da haɗuwa da ba ƙasa da manyan layin dogo guda biyar ba, an gane shi a matsayin babban matsayi mai mahimmanci ta ɓangarorin biyu; saboda haka gina gine-ginen 15 da batutuwan bindigogi da ke kewaye da shi, jimlar bindigogi 435, da dakarun dindindin na sojoji 35,000. Wadannan sun kara karfafawa ta hanyar zabar garin a matsayin tushen ci gaba na Sojojin Turawa na Burtaniya. Duk da haka, lokacin da wadannan da Faransanci Fifth Army koma bayan abubuwan da suka faru a Charleroi
, an yanke garin daga tallafin kawance, kuma daga baya aka kewaye shi a ranar 25 ga Agusta. Sojojin Jamus sun yi nasarar rushe manyan sansanonin da ke kewaye da birnin, kuma Janar Joseph Anthelme Fournier, wanda ke kula da sansanin soja a birnin, ya mika wuya ga Jamus bayan kwanaki 13.