Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Spears ya isa GHQ (21 ga Agusta) kuma ya ba da rahoto ga Wilson (Faransanci ya ziyarci Allenby) cewa Lanrezac bai so ya bar matsayinsa mai ƙarfi ba (a bayan kusurwar Kogin Sambre da Meuse) kuma "ya yi magana a kan wauta na kai hari". Holmes ya yi imanin Faransanci yana karɓar shawara mai kyau daga Wilson a wannan lokacin, duk da kyakkyawan iska da kuma sojan doki na sojojin Jamus masu karfi. Faransanci ya tashi zuwa Lanrezac HQ (22 Agusta) amma ta hanyar haɗuwa da Spears a hanya, wanda ya gaya masa cewa Lanrezac ba shi da matsayi don kai farmaki bayan asarar da aka yi a ranar da ta gabata.
Yaƙin Charleroi, wanda Sir John bai yi imani da shi ba kuma Lanrezac ya fita a wani matsayi na gaba. Kashe maganganun Spears cewa wani taro tare da Lanrezac zai taimaka, Faransanci ya soke tafiyarsa kuma ya koma GHQ; "dangantaka da Lanrezac ya rushe", in ji Holmes, saboda Sir John bai ga wani dalili ba a cikin tuki na tsawon sa'o'i, kawai don a sake zagin shi a cikin harshen da bai fahimta ba.