 Robertson ainetseka kuti BEF yakanga ichitarisa mberi zvakanyanya, uye yakakurukura nekudzokera shure kunogoneka naMajor-General Robb, Inspector-General weLines of Communication, kutanga kwaAugust 22 zuva risati rasvika Hondo yeMons apo French naWilson vakanga vachiri kutaura nezvekufambira mberi. Akaronga nzvimbo dzokuchengetera zvinhu uye zvirongwa zvokukurumidzira kuti atore zvinhu kubva kuAtlantic pane kubva kumahombekombe eBelgium, zvose izvo zvakaratidza kuva zvinokosha zvikuru panguva yokudzokera shure kubva kuMons. Akava anozivikanwa seOld Any-Complaints? sezvo uyu wakanga uri mubvunzo wake wenguva dzose pakunzvera mauto panguva dzezvokudya. Mukuona kwaDan Todman, kuita kwakanaka kweBEF logistics muna Nyamavhuvhu 1914 kwakapesana zvakanaka ne inenge isinganzwisisike kuita kweBEF General Staff. 