 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo yeLorraineMuchiitiko ichi, mauto eAlsace akafambira mberi nokungwarira achipinda mudunhu reLorraine. VaFrance vakasvika munzvimbo iri kumadokero kweMulhouse musi wa16 Nyamavhuvhu uye vakarwa vachipinda muguta musi wa19 Nyamavhuvhu. VaGerman vakapona vakadzingirirwa kumabvazuva vachiyambuka Rhine uye maFrance akatora Joffre akarayira kuti kurwisa kuenderere mberi asi musi wa 23 Nyamavhuvhu, kugadzirira kwakamiswa sezvo nhau dzekukundwa kweFrance muLorraine neArdennes dzakasvika. Musi wa 26 Nyamavhuvhu, maFrance akabva kuMulhouse kuenda kunzvimbo inodzivirirwa pedyo neAltkirch, kuti vape masimba emauto eFrance ari pedyo neParis. Mauto eAlsace akaparadzwa, VII Corps yakaendeswa kunzvimbo yeSomme muPicardy uye 8th Cavalry Division yakabatanidzwa kuFirst Army, uko mamwe mapoka maviri akatumirwa gare gare. Mauto e7 eGermany akatora chikamu mukurwisa muLorraine nemauto e6 eGermany uye mukutanga kwaSeptember akaendeswa kuAisne. 