Cika wannan jumla:
Yaƙin Charleroi, wani daga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na kan iyaka, wani aiki ne da ya faru 12-23 Agusta 1914. Sojoji na biyar na Faransa sun shiga cikin yakin, suna ci gaba zuwa arewa zuwa Kogin Sambre, da kuma sojojin Jamus na biyu da na uku, suna motsawa kudu maso yamma ta Belgium. Sojoji na Biyar sun kasance suna nufin shiga cikin Sojoji na Uku da na Hudu a cikin harin su ta hanyar Ardennes. Duk da haka, an aiwatar da wannan shirin a cikin tunanin cewa Jamus ba ta la'akari da wani hari a arewacin, ta hanyar Belgium, wanda shine shirin Jamus a duk lokacin. Charles Lanrezac, kwamandan Sojoji na Biyar, ya yi tsayayya da ra'ayin, yana tsoron kai hari daga arewa. Duk da haka Joseph Joffre, shugaban ma'aikata, ya ki amincewa da irin wannan ra'ayin; bayan da ya rinjayi shi, Lanrezac ya rinjaye shi ya motsa rundunar soja ta biyar zuwa arewa.