Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te 2nd Army i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, i whawhai i te Western Front me te whai wāhi ki te Schlieffen Plan whakaeke 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
Ko te Pakanga o Charleroi i te 23-24 o Akuhata 1914 me te St. Quentin i te 29-30 o Akuhata 1914.