Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 18 ga watan Agusta, Janar Albert d'Amade ya kafa layin karewa daga Maubeuge zuwa Dunkirk, don hana rushe hanyoyin jirgin kasa ta hanyar hare-haren sojojin doki na Jamus. An buɗe ƙofofin Scarpe, Escaut da Rhonelle don faɗaɗa ambaliyar Scarpe kuma an sake ɗaukar tsoffin sansanonin de Maulde, Flines, Curgies, Condé da Le Quesnoy a kusa da Valenciennes. A ranar 20 ga watan Agusta, d'Amade ya kafa layin bangarori uku, tare da Rukunin Yankin na 84 daga Scarpe zuwa Sambre, Rukunin Yankin na 82 daga Sambre zuwa Lys da Rukunin Yankin na 81 daga Lys zuwa teku. Lokacin da BEF ya ci gaba zuwa yammacin Maubeuge, Ƙungiyar ta 84 ta ci gaba zuwa Condé kuma ta kafa sabon layi na tsaro tare da Escaut, daga Condé zuwa Maulde. A ranar 23 ga watan Agusta, Rundunar 'Yancin 88 ta isa kusa da Lille daga Paris, tare da umarnin sake dawo da Tournai. Rukunin ya yi ruwan bama-bamai da manyan bindigogi lokacin da yake kusa da Cysoing washegari da safe kuma a hankali ya koma Templeuve da Arras. Bayan Yaƙin Charleroi
(21 ga Agusta) da yakin Mons (23 ga Agusta), Amiens ya zama mai rauni ga ci gaban Sojoji na 1 yayin da yake bin British Expeditionary Force (BEF) da Sojoji na Biyar. A ranar 24 ga watan Agusta, Siege na Maubeuge ya fara kuma rukunin yanki na 84 ya koma Cambrai da Marquion. An kai hari a baya a kusa da Fresnes, a kudu maso Condé kuma a rana mai zuwa, an yi amfani da sashin kusa da Haspres kuma ya ci nasara.