Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Whakahaere Matua o Parani i whai waahi ki te whakatutuki i te whakaeke nui a te ope Tiamana, i tenei wa ka tere haere mai ki a raatau. Ko te mea pea na nga whakataunga a Charles Lanrezac, te rangatira o te French Fifth Army, nana nei i mahi i te wa tika i mua i te whakaaetanga mai i a Joseph Joffre, i whakaorangia ai te raina French katoa mai i te whakapae me te hinganga o te katoa. Ahakoa kihai i aro atu ki ana tono, ka tangohia atu e Lanrezac ana ope i te
Charleroi i te tūranga untenable me te whakangaromanga pea, a ka whakatakotoria e ia ratou atu pai. I muri mai ka whakakorehia ia i te whakahau.