Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zvombo zvomunharaunda yeLille muna 1914 zvaiva nezvombo (kusanganisira mabhomba), zvombo zvepfuti uye pfuti, izvo zvakanga zvatumirwa kubva kuParis. Mukati
Muhondo yeCharleroi (Nyamavhuvhu 21), General d'Amade akachengetedza nzvimbo kubva kuMaubeuge kuenda kuDunkirk nemutsara weMatunhu. Chikamu chechi82 chakabata nharaunda iri pakati peEscaut neScarpe, ine nzvimbo dzepamberi paLille, Deûlémont neTournai, mhiri kwemuganhu weBelgium. MaTerritorial akachera asi musi wa 23 Nyamavhuvhu, British Expeditionary Force (BEF) yakadzokera kumashure kubva kuMons uye maGerman akadzinga 82nd Territorial Division kubva kuTournai. Kupfuurira kweGermany kwakasvika kuRoubaix neTourcoing pamberi pekurwisa kwe83rd ne84th regiments yakatorazve Tournai usiku. Mangwanani aAugust 24, 170th Brigade yakaronga kudzivirirwa kwemabhiriji pamusoro peEscaut asi panguva dzemasikati, Territorials vakamanikidzwa kudzoka nekurwiswa kweGerman. Meya weLille akakumbira kuti guta riziviswe rakavhurika uye kuna Gurukota reHondo akarayira varwi kuti vabve muguta uye vafambe pakati peLa Bassée neAire-sur-la-Lys.