 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pasi pomurayiro waFeld Marshal Sir John French, British Expeditionary Force BEF yakatanga kuendeswa kuFrance mukati memazuva okuziviswa kwehondo. Kusangana kwokutanga nemaGermany kwakauya paMons musi wa23 Nyamavhuvhu 1914, mushure mezvo maAllies akatanga Great Retreat, BEF yakabatanidzwa muHondo yeLe Cateau. BEF yaive nebasa diki mukumisa kufambira mberi kweGerman muHondo Yekutanga yeMarne, isati yatora chikamu muAisne counter-offensive, munaGunyana iyo yakateverwa nenguva inozivikanwa se Mujaho weGungwa panguva iyo BEF yakadzoserwa kuFlanders. Nokuda kweBEF, 1914 yakaguma neYpres Yokutangaizvo zvakaratidzira mavambo orwisano refu nokuda kweYpres Salient. Kurasikirwa kweBritain muhondo pakati pa14 Gumiguru na30 Mbudzi kwaive 58,155 7,960 vakafa, 29,562 vakakuvara uye 17,873 vakashaika. Zvinowanzotaurwa kuti hondo yebasa yapamberi pehondo yakafa muHondo Yokutanga yeYpres. Uto reBritain rainge rasvika kuFrance riine varwi 84 000 vaifamba netsoka. Pakupera kwehondo, BEF yakanga yatambura kurasikirwa kwe86,237, kunyanya kune vanofamba netsoka. 