Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Sir John French, na-echegbu onwe ya na a ga-ebipụ ya na English Channel, gara Sordet na Avesnes na 24 Ọgọstụ, ma gwa ya na ndị agha ndị agha Territorial Army (ndị agha dị n'agbata afọ 35 na 48) nọ n'okpuru Albert d'Amade na Arras na ndị agha Lille na-agbachitere akụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ nke ndị Allied. Sir John gwara Sordet ka ọ kpuchie ndị Briten hapụrụ, mana Sordet rịọrọ ka ọ buru ụzọ jụọ usoro iwu ya. Sordet gwara Sir John na ike agwụla ịnyịnya ya ịkwaga, mana ọ kwagara ebe dị anya mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, nke bụ eziokwu nke Major-General Snow, onye isi nke British 4th Division, mechara kpọtụrụ aha dị ka ihe akaebe na o yighị ka Sordet mere ọtụtụ ihe n'oge Agha nke Le Cateau
Ọ dị mma. N'elekere 10 nke ụtụtụ na 24 Ọgọstụ Lanrezac, na-echegbu onwe ya na Sir John French nwere ike ịlaghachi azụ n'okporo ụzọ nkwukọrịta ya wee pụọ n'aka ndị agha France, nyere Sordet iwu ka ọ laghachi azụ na Landrecies n'echi ya, n'etiti BEF na ndị agha nke ise. Lanrezac gbanwere obi ya ihe dịka elekere ma nye Sordet iwu ka ọ laghachi azụ na BEF ekpe dịka enyere iwu na mbụ.