Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi wa18 August, Mukuru Albert d'Amade akaumba mutsetse wokudzivirira kubva kuMaubeuge kusvika kuDunkirk, kuti adzivise kuvhiringidzwa kwenzira dzomumigwagwa yezvitima nokurwisa kwevarwi vemabhiza vokuGermany. Masuo eScarpe, Escaut neRhonelle akavhurwa kuti awedzere mafashamo eScarpe uye nhare dzekare dzeDe Maulde, Flines, Curgies, Condé neLe Quesnoy dzakapoteredza Valenciennes dzakatorwazve. Musi waAugust 20, d'Amade akaumba mutsara wemapoka matatu enharaunda, ne84th Territorial Division kubva kuScarpe kuenda kuSambre, 82nd Territorial Division kubva kuSambre kuenda kuLys uye 81st Territorial Division kubva kuLys kuenda kugungwa. Apo BEF yakafambira mberi kumadokero kweMaubeuge, 84th Territorial Division yakafambira mberi kuCondé uye yakaumba mutsetse mutsva wekudzivirira pamwe neEscaut, kubva kuCondé kusvika kuMaulde. Musi waAugust 23, 88th Territorial Division yakasvika pedyo neLille kubva kuParis, nemirairo yekudzorera Tournai. Chikamu chacho chakarwiswa nepfuti inorema pavakanga vava pedyo neCysoing mangwanani akatevera uye zvishoma nezvishoma vakadzokera kuTempleuve neArras. Pashure peHondo yeCharleroi
(Nyamavhuvhu 21) uye Hondo yeMons (Nyamavhuvhu 23), Amiens yakava nenjodzi yekufambira mberi kwe1st Army sezvo yakatevera British Expeditionary Force (BEF) uye Fifth Army. Pana 24 August, Kukombwa kweMaubeuge kwakatanga uye 84th Territorial Division yakadzokera kuCambrai neMarquion. Nhengo dzokudzokera shure dzakarwiswa pedyo neFresnes, kumaodzanyemba kweCondé uye zuva rakatevera racho, boka racho rakanga riri pedyo neHaspres uye rakakundwa.