Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mauto eGermany akapararira muBelgium, achiuraya vanhuwo zvavo nokuparadza misha. Kushandiswa kwe"mutoro pamwe chete" mukurwisana navanhuwo zvavo kwakawedzera kukurudzira vavakidzani. Mapepanhau akashora kupamba kweGermany, masimba masimba pavanhuwo zvavo nokuparadzwa kwepfuma, uko kwakazozivikanwa se"Kubatwa Chibharo kweBelgium". Pashure pokufora vachipfuura nomuBelgium, Luxembourg neArdennes, vaGermany vakafambira mberi vachipinda kuchamhembe kweFrance mukupera kwaAugust, uko vakasangana neuto reFrance, raitungamirirwa naJoseph Joffre, nemapoka eBritish Expeditionary Force aitungamirirwa naFeld Marshal Sir John French. Nhevedzano yezviitiko zvinozivikanwa seHondo yeMiganhu yakatevera, iyo yaisanganisira
Hondo yeCharleroi neHondo yeMons. Mukurwisana kwokutanga Hondo yeChishanu yeFrance yakapotsa yaparadzwa neHondo yechipiri neyechitatu yeGermany uye yekupedzisira yakanonoka kufambira mberi kweGermany nezuva. Kurega kweAllied kwakatevera, zvichikonzera kurwisana kwakawanda paHondo yeLe Cateau, Kurwiswa kweMaubeuge uye Hondo yeSt Quentin (inonziwo Hondo Yokutanga yeGuise).