Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mauto e2nd munguva yeHondo Yenyika I, akarwa kuWestern Front uye akatora chikamu muSchlieffen Plan kurwisa France neBelgium muna Nyamavhuvhu 1914. Ichitungamirirwa naGeneral Karl von Bülow, basa re2nd Army raive rekutsigira mauto e1st Army kutenderedza divi rekuruboshwe reuto reFrance uye kukomberedza Paris, kuunza mhedzisiro nekukurumidza kuhondo. Mauto e2nd akakomba, ndokutora nhare dzeBelgian dzakapoteredza Namur, uye akarwa neFrench 5th Army yaGeneral Charles Lanrezac paHondo yeCharleroi
pana 23-24 August 1914 uye zvakare paSt. Quentin pana 29-30 August 1914.