Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sojojin Jamus sun mamaye Belgium, suna kashe fararen hula da kuma rushe ƙauyuka. Aikace-aikacen "hukuncin alhakin" a kan fararen hula ya kara ƙarfafa abokan haɗin gwiwa. Jaridu sun yi Allah wadai da mamayewar Jamus, tashin hankali ga fararen hula da lalata dukiya, wanda aka sani da "Fashewar Belgium". Bayan tafiya ta Belgium, Luxembourg da Ardennes, Jamusawa sun ci gaba zuwa arewacin Faransa a ƙarshen watan Agusta, inda suka sadu da sojojin Faransa, a karkashin Joseph Joffre, da kuma rukunin rundunar sojojin Birtaniya a karkashin Field Marshal Sir John French. Jerin abubuwan da aka sani da Yaƙin Frontiers ya biyo baya, wanda ya haɗa da Yaƙin Charleroi
da kuma yakin Mons. A cikin yaƙin farko rundunar sojojin Faransa ta biyar ta kusan hallaka ta sojojin Jamus na 2 da na 3 kuma na biyun ya jinkirta ci gaban Jamus da rana. Janar Allied ya biyo baya, wanda ya haifar da karin rikice-rikice a yakin Le Cateau, Siege na Maubeuge da yakin St. Quentin (wanda ake kira yakin farko na Guise).