dhamaystir weedha soo socota: Ciidamada Faransiiska ee Saddexaad iyo Afarta ayaa hada ku soo duulaya Ardennes, iyo ciidamada lugta oo ka badan kuwa fardaha ee fardaha, von Bülow's German Second Army
waxay weerareen Lanrezac waxayna ka gudbeen webiga Meuse. Ciidanka Shanaad waxaa sidoo kale weeraray Max von Hausen ee ciidanka saddexaad ee Jarmalka; in kasta oo weerarradan la qabtay, Lanrezac wuxuu weydiistay Joffre ogolaansho inuu dib u laabto. Bishii Agoosto 23 ciidankii shanaad ayaa mar kale la weeraray.