Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Lanrezac akaramba kurwisa sezvakanga zvichidiwa naJoffre musi wa 21 Nyamavhuvhu sezvo BEF yakanga isati yave munzvimbo kuruboshwe rwake. NechiFrench Third neChitatu Mauto zvino achirwisa muArdennes, Lanrezac akarambawo kutumira vashandi kuNamur, iyo yaakanga anyeverwa kuti haizomiri. Pana 22 August Lanrezac akaedza kudzinga vaGermany kuyambuka Sambre uye akakundikana. Gare gare zuva iroro Mauto Echipiri eGermany
akarwisa Hondo yeChishanu yeFrance ndokumanikidzira misoro yemabhiriji kuyambuka Meuse. Mukati memazuva maviri, Joffre akanga abvisa mumwe wevatungamiri veFrance - General Sauret we III Corps, uyo akanga ashaika panguva yehondo, achisiya mutungamiri wezvombo zvehondo kuti atore mutungamiri - uye vatatu vevatungamiri vemapoka mana akabatanidzwa. Lanrezac aiva namabhati 193 uye zvombo 692.