Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mokurega kwake basa Messimy akauya kuzokwazisana naJoffre musi wa1 September. Joffre akamuudza kuti aitarisira kutangazve kurwisa musi wa 8 Gunyana paBrienne-le-Chateau, guta riri pakati peMarne neSeine - kurwisa kwaizova Hondo Yekutanga yeMarne. Messimy akanyora kuti akanga afadzwa nounyoro hwake. Panguva iyo manzwiro ake angave asina kuva akanaka zvikuru: mukupera kwaDecember 1914 akanyunyuta kuna Abel Ferry kuti Joffre akanga ane mhaka ye"kurambana" pakati peGQG nemauto, uye kuti njere dzakaipa dzakanga dzine mhaka yenjodzi yeCharleroi
uye nokuda kwokudenha kwaJoffre kunodhura.