 Falkenhayn akatsiva Helmuth von Moltke Muduku saMukuru we German General Staff mushure meHondo Yokutanga yeMarnemusi waSeptember 14, 1914. Falkenhayn akaedza kupfuudza maBritish nemaFrench muRace to the Sea, nhevedzano yekurwisana kuchamhembe kweFrance neBelgium umo mativi ese akaita kuyedza kutendeuka kune rimwe divi, kusvikira vasvika kuNorth Sea uye vasina nzvimbo yekufamba. MaBritish nemaFrench pakupedzisira akamisa kufambira mberi kweGermany muHondo Yokutanga yeYpres OctoberNovember 1914. 