Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Umarni ya zo daga Paris don barin Lille, wanda aka kwashe a ranar 24 ga Agusta kuma rukunin yanki na 82 ya kafa layi daga La Bassée zuwa Corbehem, tare da rukunin yanki na 81 da ke samar da layi daga Aire zuwa teku. An tura rukunin rukuni na shida na Rukunin Rukunin (wanda aka fi sani da, tare da rukunin ajiya na 61 da 62d) daga Paris, yana ƙara ƙarfin d'Amade zuwa rukuni shida, don riƙe layin daga Douai zuwa Béthune da Aire, zuwa teku, tare da wani daga cikin garuruwan Lille. A ranar 25 ga watan Agusta, Jamusanci II Corps ya ci gaba zuwa yamma ta hanyar Denain, don samun bayan gefen hagu na BEF kuma bayan duhu ya isa kusa da Cambrai, inda masu karewa na 84th Territorial Division suka kare Sensée Canal a Bouchain, a kan ƙoƙarin Jamus don ƙetare. A ranar 26 ga watan Agusta, sashin ya koma yammacin Cambrai; ya isa Marquion sannan Joffre ya umarce su zuwa Combles da Péronne, don zama wani ɓangare na Sojoji na shida. Ƙungiyoyin sun koma yamma, wanda aka rufe ta 84th Territorial Division, a cikin ayyukan da suka karkatar da wani ɓangare na Jamus II Corps daga BEF a lokacin yakin Le Cateau.
26 ga watan Agusta.