 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna August 1914, mauto eGermany aitungamirirwa naGeneral Otto von Emmich akauya pamberi peLiège ndokuikumbira kuti isarire. Pakuramba kwaGeneral Leman, nhare yakarwiswa, uye Hondo yeLiègerakatanga. Mauto aGen. von Emmich pakutanga akakundikana kupwanya masvingo ake: chete mushure mekunge vashandisa zvombo zvinorema kwazvo Big Bertha nezvimwe zvombo zvinorema, zvakaunzwa kubva kuGermany neSkoda inoshanda, kurwisa nhare vakabudirira kuvaparadza. Leman akarohwa ndokupererwa nokuziva nokurwiswa, uye akanunurwa navaGermany kubva pasi pemarara eFort Loncin. Akabatwa somusungwa wehondo muGermany kusvikira muna 1917, paakadzoserwa kuSwitzerland nemhaka yehutano husina kunaka. Sechiratidzo chokuremekedza, akabvumirwa kuchengeta bakatwa rake. Leman akasimbirira kuti mushumo wokusungwa kwake wakataura kuti haana kuzviisa pasi, asi akabatwa asina chaanoziva. 