Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te 2nd Army i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, i whawhai i te Western Front, i uru ki te whakaeke a Schlieffen Plan ki France me Belgium i Akuhata 1914. I whakahaua e General Karl von Bülow, ko te miihana a te ope taua tuarua ko te tautoko i te 1st Army ki te taha maui o te ope French me te karapoti i Paris, me te tere o te pakanga. I whakapaea e te 2nd Army, ka mau ki nga whare rangatira o Belgian huri noa i Namur, ka whawhai ki te French 5th Army a General Charles Lanrezac i te Pakanga o Charleroi
i te 23 ki te 24 o Akuhata 1914 ka hoki ano ki St. Quentin i te 29 ki te 30 o Akuhata 1914.