Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Kwamandan BEF a Faransa, Sir John French, ya damu da asarar da Birtaniya ta yi a
Yaƙin Le Cateau, yana la'akari da janye sojojinsa daga layin Allied. A ranar 31 ga watan Agusta, kwamandan Faransa Joffre, Shugaba Poincaré (wanda aka ba da labari ta hanyar Bertie, Jakadan Birtaniya) da Kitchener sun aika masa da sakonni suna roƙonsa kada ya yi haka. Kitchener, wanda aka ba da izini ta taron tsakar dare na duk wanda Ministocin Ministocin suka samu, ya tafi Faransa don ganawa da Sir John a ranar 1 ga Satumba.