Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te reti, i whakauruhia te roopu ki te French Fifth Army i te wa o te
Te Pakanga o Charleroi (21-3 Akuhata) me te Pakanga o Mons (23 Akuhata). I te mutunga o te 22 o Akuhata, i kii a Lanrezac, te rangatira o te Fifth Army, kua "ngaro rawa" te ope a Sordet, a, kua hoki whakamuri, ka awhina ki te whakatuwhera i tetahi waahi mo te ope hoariri i waenga i te taha maui o te Fifth Army me te taha matau o te BEF. I te taha o nga korero i tae atu ki a ia i te poutumarotanga o te ra e whai ake nei ko te wehenga Belgian 4th e wehe ana i Namur, na tenei i whakatau ai a Lanrezac ki te whakahoki mai i tana tuunga i Charleroi.