Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Hondo yeCharleroi, imwe yehondo dzepamuganhu, yaive chiitiko chakaitika 12-23 Nyamavhuvhu 1914. Hondo yakabatanidzwa neFrench Fifth Army, ichikwira kuchamhembe yakananga kuRwizi rweSambre, uye mauto eGermany weChipiri neChitatu, achienda kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kuburikidza neBelgium. Hondo yeChishanu yaifanira kubatana neHondo yeChitatu neYechina mukurwisa kwavo kuburikidza neArdennes. Zvisinei, urongwa uhwu hwakaitwa zvichiti vaGermany vakanga vasiri kufunga nezvekurwisa kuchamhembe, vachipfuura nomuBelgium, <unk>iyo yakanga iri hurongwa hweGermany nguva dzose. Charles Lanrezac, mutungamiriri weFifth Army, akanga achishora zvakasimba pfungwa yacho, achitya kurwiswa kwaibva kuchamhembe. Zvisinei Joseph Joffre, mukuru-we-vashandi, akaramba chero pfungwa yakadaro; mushure mekunyengetedza kwakawanda, Lanrezac pakupedzisira akamugombedzera kuti afambise Fifth Army kuchamhembe.