Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Vashandi veBEF, vakanga vasina kudzidzira mabasa avo, vakaita zvisina kunaka mumazuva mashomanana akatevera. Zvapupu zvakasiana-siana zvakaona zvakanongedzera kuti Wilson akanga ari mumwe wemitezo yakadzikama zvikuru yeGHQ, asi ainetseka pamusoro pokusafanira kwaMurray mune zvokurapa uye kusakwanisa kwaFrench kunooneka kunzwisisa mugariro wacho. Wilson akaramba chisarudzo chaSmith-Dorrien chokumira ndokurwa pa
Le Cateau (26 August). Zvisinei, apo akaudzwa naSmith-Dorrien <unk> Wilson aifanira kuenda kumusha waiva pedyo, makumbo ake achiri akasunungurwa, kuti ashandise runhare rwevanhu <unk> kuti zvaisazova zvichikwanisika kuputsa uye kudzokera shure kusvikira usiku, nokuda kwake pachake akamuda rombo rakanaka uye akamukorokotedza nokuda kweshoko rake rinofara. Kuyeuka kwaSmith-Dorrien kwakanga kwakasiyana zvishoma kwaiva kwokuti Wilson akanga anyevera kuti akanga ari pangozi yokukomberedzwa sezvakaitwa vaFrance paSedan muna 1870.