Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'abalị iri atọ n'ọnwa Ọktoba, ndị Blue nọ na-arụ ọrụ na mpaghara gburugburu obodo nta Zanvoorde mgbe ndị Germany wakporo. N'abalị iri abụọ nke ọnwa Nọvemba, ndị ndị agha na-agba ịnyịnya sonyere na ngalaba Edmund Allenby na Ypres Salient, nke dị n'ihu nke gara n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Zonnebeke, gburugburu Polygon Wood, n'elu
Menin Road (ụzọ si Ypres na Menin) na mgbe ahụ n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ nke Zanvoorde n'ebe Wytchaete na Messines. Site na ebe ndị agha Composite (Life Guards 1 na 2) guzogidere mwakpo na 31 Ọktọba. E zigara otu ndị agha na-agba ịnyịnya nke France n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ Hooge dị ka ndị agha na-agba ịnyịnya na-akwado 7th Cavalry Brigade na 5 pm. Ihe ahụ malitere na 25 Ọktoba mgbe ndị Blues na-eme ihe omume nwere obi ike kpuchiri ịlaghachi azụ nke 20th Infantry brigade, n'ịnyịnya. Ha gbaara ọsọ gawa n'ebe ndị agha Germany na-agba ha égbè. Na 21 Nọvemba, a kpọgara ndị Royal Horse Guards na 8th Cavalry Brigade, nke e guzobere naanị ụbọchị gara aga. Na 26 Disemba 1914, Sir Douglas Haig, onye isi ndị agha na-agba ịnyịnya, ghọrọ onye isi ndị agha nke 1.