Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ọrụ kachasị mkpa French bụ dịka Onye isi ndị isi (C-in-C) nke British Expeditionary Force (BEF) maka afọ mbụ na ọkara nke Agha Worldwa Mbụ. Ya na onye isi ndị France bụ Charles Lanrezac nwere esemokwu ozugbo. Mgbe ndị Briten meriri ọtụtụ ndị n'agha ndị a lụrụ na Mons na Le Cateau
(ebe Smith-Dorrien mere nguzo megidere uche French), French chọrọ ịdọrọ BEF site na Allied akara iji rụzigharịa ma kweta ikere òkè na Agha Mbụ nke Marne mgbe nzukọ nzuzo ya na Secretary of State for War, Lord Kitchener, onye ọ na-eburu ya iwe mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị. N'ọnwa Mee afọ 1915, o mere ka ndị ntaakụkọ mata maka ụkọ mgbọ, na-enwe olileanya na ọ ga-ewepụ Kitchener. Ka ọ na-erule oge ọkọchị nke afọ 1915, Kitchener na ndị ọzọ nọ na gọọmentị, na Haig, Robertson na ndị ọchịagha ndị ọzọ nọ na France na-akatọkarị iwu French na London. Mgbe Agha nke Loos, nke a na-ata ụta na ọ bụ French na-ewepụta XI Corps site na ndabere maka ọdịda iji nweta ọganihu dị mkpa n'ụbọchị mbụ, HH Asquith, Prime Minista Britain, chọrọ ka ọ gbaa arụkwaghịm. Haig, onye bụbu onye French tụkwasịrị obi na onye zọpụtara ya site na odida site n'inye ya nnukwu ego na 1899, dochie ya.