 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokukundwa kweVabatanidzwa vokuMadokero paCharleroi uye paMonsMuna October, mauto eBritain akasiya Maubeuge, nzvimbo yavakanga vachishandira pashure pokunge vasvika muFrance. Musi wa24 August 1914, maGermany akanga achifambira mberi akasvika kunhare dzeMaubeuge ndokukomba varwi vayo vaiva 45,000. Zuva rakatevera racho, VII Reserve Corps yakasiyiwa shure kwemauto makuru eGermany kuti atore guta racho. Kurwiswa kwamasvingo kwakatanga musi wa 30 Nyamavhuvhu, neKMK Battery 3 yakatumwa kudzikisa Fort Sarts, asi nekukanganisa yakapfura nhare pamberi peSarts. Pakazosvika 5 Gunyana, gomba raiva muchindwe cheshongwe rakanga ravhurwa nemapfuti eGermany 21 cm, asi vakanga vapedza zvombo zvavo. Kuti vawedzere musiyano iwoyo, pfuti dzokukomba dzakabva dzashandisa zvombo zvadzo zvainge zvasara kurwisa Forts Leveau, Héronfontaine, uye Cerfontaine musi wa7 Gunyana, ndokuvaparadza nokukurumidza. Masvingo maviri akasara echiFrench akakanda mapfumo pasi musi iwoyo uye vaGerman vakatora Maubeuge musi wa8 Gunyana. 