Kammala jumla mai zuwa: GHQ ya koma Noyon (26 Agusta). Huguet ya ba da rahoto ga Joffre (10.15 pm a ranar 26 ga Agusta) cewa an ci nasara da Birtaniyya a
Le Cateau kuma zai buƙaci kariyar Faransa don dawo da haɗin kai; ya kuma ba da rahoton cewa duk da cewa ruhun yaƙin BEF ba shi da tsoro, "Gwamnatin" Burtaniya na iya ba da umarnin BEF ta koma baya zuwa Le Havre. Kanar Brecard, wani jami'in hulda da ke da alaƙa da ma'aikatan Birtaniya, ya ba da rahoton cewa an hallaka ƙungiyoyi biyu daga cikin ƙungiyoyi biyar na Birtaniya kuma, a ra'ayin Wilson, BEF zai bukaci mako guda don sake sakewa. Sir John ya gargadi Huguet cewa za a sami "ƙiyayya da baƙin ciki" a Ingila kan asarar Burtaniya, kuma Joffre, wanda ya yanke shawarar ba da umarnin kai hari ta Rundunar Soja ta Biyar don ɗaukar matsin lamba daga BEF, ya ziyarci Sir John a Noyon a ranar 27 ga Agusta kuma ya ba shi saƙo yana taya BEF murna saboda ƙoƙarinsa na kare sashin Fifth Army. A gaskiya ma ma'aikatan Smith-Dorrien suna yin kokari don ci gaba da II Corps tare, ko da yake a wani taro (wanda aka gudanar a 2 a ranar 27 ga Agusta, kamar yadda Smith-Dorrien ya sami GHQ na yanzu tare da wahala) Faransanci ya zarge shi da kasancewa mai farin ciki. GHQ ya koma Compiegne a ranar 28 ga Agusta, kodayake Sir John ya sami damar ziyartar sojojinsa a kan tafiya a karon farko tun daga 25 ga Agusta, yana gaya wa mutanen da ke hutawa a ƙasa saƙon Joffre.