Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mangwanani akaputsa mhute musi wa 21 August uye hapana kuongorora kwemhepo kwakanga kusingabviri kusvikira masikati. BEF yakatanga kufambira mberi kuchamhembe kubva kuMaubeuge yakananga kuMons, pasinei nemishumo kubva kuvashandi vemhepo kuti chikwata chemauto eGermany "chakatambanuka kuburikidza neLouvain kusvika ziso raigona kuona". PaMaubeuge, mashoko akasvika okuwa kwechikamu chikuru cheNzvimbo Yakasimbiswa yeNamur muBelgium uye zvikwangwani zvakaiswa pamadziro eguta zvichirayira kugadzirira kukomba zvakatanga kubuda kwevanhuwo zvavo vane 25 000. Ndege dzeBritain dzakasvika musi wa22 Nyamavhuvhu uye kupfuura kwechikwata cheScotland kwakasimudza tsika dzevagari venguva pfupi, kungoparadzwa nemishumo yekuti mauto eGerman akayambuka Sambre kuCharleroi. Kubva musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu, Maubeuge akauya pasi pehutungamiriri hwaGeneral Charles Lanrezac, mukuru wemauto weChishanu uye muhondo yeCharleroi
(21<unk>23 Nyamavhuvhu) Fifth Army neBEF vakakundwa uye vakamanikidzwa kudzokera. Mirayiridzo yehurumende ya1910 yakanga yaona kuti Maubeuge aigona kumira kwenguva pfupi apo achifukidza kuunganidzwa kwemauto emunda, kwete kusarudzika kusingagumi mushure mekudzokera shure kwemauto emunda. Lanrezac akarangarira kuwedzera mapoka enguva dzose uye ekuchengetedza kuFifth Army asi akaramba pfungwa yacho. Boka ravarwi reMaubeuge rakagura migwagwa yezvitima uye mapoka emainjiniya akaparadza mabhiriji ezvitima paJeumont, Berliaumont neFourmies akananga kumuganhu weBelgium.