Major efforts to reopen the French railroad network were started, and by the end of August, 18,000 men, including 5,000 prisoners of war, were engaged in railway construction.
Uslijedili su veliki napori da se željeznička mreža ponovno otvori, i do kraja kolovoza 18,000 ljudi je radilo na popravci, uključujući pet tisuća ratnih zarobljenika.