<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - uFrench nabasebenzi bakhe babekholelwa ukuthi iDivision Cavalry yayibhujiswe ngokuphelele eLe Cateau empeleni yayingalahlekelwanga abantu abangaphezu kuka-15 nokuthi i-5th Division ilahlekelwe cishe yizo zonke izibhamu zayo, yabhubhisa i-II Corps njengeyunithi yokulwa empeleni amayunithi ahlanganiswa kabusha ngemuva kokuhoxa. Kamuva ngo-Ephreli 30, 1915 uFrench watshela uHaig ukuthi bekufanele ngabe uSmith-Dorrien waquliswa icala enkantolo yempi ngemuva kweLe Cateau. Kuma-memoirs akhe uFrench kamuva wathi uSmith-Dorrien wabeka engozini ukubhujiswa kweqembu lakhe futhi walahlekelwa amadoda ayi-14,000 nezibhamu ezingama-80 ukulahlekelwa kwangempela ngakunye kwakungaba yingxenye yaleli nani. Nokho, kuye kwaphikiswana nokuthi isenzo sokuzivikela esinamandla eLe Cateau  <response>: kwanciphisa ingcindezi futhi kwavumela amabutho ukuba ahlele kabusha, aqoqe izinto zawo, futhi ahlehlele ukulwa. 