Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan da aka ci nasara da kasashen Yammacin Turai a
A Charleroi da Mons, Rundunar Sojan Burtaniya ta janye bayan Maubeuge, tushen ayyukansu bayan sun isa Faransa. A ranar 24 ga Agusta, 1914, 'yan Jamus da ke ci gaba sun isa sansanin soja na Maubeuge kuma sun kewaye garkuwar sojoji 45,000. Kashegari, an bar VII Reserve Corps a bayan manyan sojojin Jamus don su dauki birnin. Bombardment na sansanonin ya fara ne a ranar 30 ga watan Agusta, tare da KMK Battery 3 da aka ba shi aikin rage Fort Sarts, amma ya yi kuskure ya harbe wani yanki mai karfi a gaban Sarts. A ranar 5 ga watan Satumba, an bude rami a cikin zoben sansanin soja ta hanyar bindigogi na 21 cm na Jamus, amma a yanzu sun ƙare kayan ammunition. Don fadada wannan rata, bindigogi masu kewaye da su sun kashe sauran bindigogi a kan Forts Leveau, Héronfontaine, da Cerfontaine a ranar 7 ga Satumba, kuma sun hallaka su cikin sauri. Sauran sansanonin Faransa guda biyu sun mika wuya a wannan ranar kuma Jamusawa sun mamaye Maubeuge a ranar 8 ga Satumba.