 Viviani Mutungamiriri wehurumende yeFrance akasimbisa hurumende yake yakabatanidzwa nokugadza Sarrail, mukuru mukuru wehurumende weRepublican, kuti atungamirire boka rokurwisa kumabvazuva kweMediterranean. Pakutanga akapiwa divi reBritain rakapihwa nehurumende yeBritain uye divi raBailloud kubva kuDardanelles. Joffre akarondedzera Sarrail se mukuru ane mapoka, akamupomera kuti akaronga kudzvinyirira muFrance uye angadai akasarudza Franchet dEsperey nokuda kwebasa racho. Pakutanga Sarrail akanzwa kuti kutungamira simba rakakura-saizi kwaive kudzikisira kwakakomba. Mushure mokusangana naMillerand Munyori weHondo musi wa3 Nyamavhuvhu akabvuma pasi pemamiriro ekuti zita reuto rake rakashandurwa kuva Hondo yeOrient, zita rine Napoleonic overtones, uye kuti rakasimbiswa nemamwe mapoka mana, uye rakanga risiri pasi pevakuru vakuru veBritain. Akagadzwa zviri pamutemo musi wa5 Nyamavhuvhu. Memo yaSarrail yaAugust 11 yakakurudzira kumhara paSmirna, Alexandretta, Chanak kana Thessaloniki. Joffre akatsoropodza zvakasimba kukwanisika kwezvinhu zvezvikumbiro izvi. Mumwedzi wose waAugust President Poincaré, Viviani naMillerand vakakurudzira Joffre kuti asunungure zvikamu zvina nokuda kworwendo rwekuronga rweAsia, uye pakupedzisira akavimbisa kuita saizvozvo pashure pokurwisa kwake kwematsutso. Akaita kuti Office of National Security Studies itsoropodze zvinhu zvaiitwa pakuvhiya kwacho. 