<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Indima ebaluleke kakhulu kaFrench kwakuwukuba uMkhuzi Omkhulu C-in-C weBrithani Expeditionary Force BEF onyakeni wokuqala nengxenye yeMpi Yezwe Yokuqala. Ngokushesha waba nokushayisana kobuntu noJenene waseFrance uCharles Lanrezac. Ngemva kokuba abaseBrithani behlupheke kakhulu ezimpini zaseMons nase  <response>: Le Cateau lapho uSmith-Dorrien enza khona ngokuphambene nezifiso zikaFrench, uFrench wayefuna ukuhoxisa i-BEF emgqeni we-Allied ukuze alungise kabusha futhi wavuma kuphela ukubamba iqhaza eMpini Yokuqala yaseMarne ngemuva komhlangano wangasese noNgqongqoshe Wezwe Wezempi, uLord Kitchener, ayemzonda ngemuva kwalokho. NgoMeyi 1915 wadlulisela kwabezindaba ulwazi mayelana nokuntuleka kwezibhamu enethemba lokuthi uzosusa uKitchener. Ehlobo lika-1915 umyalo kaFrench wawusegxekwa kakhulu eLondon nguKitchener namanye amalungu kahulumeni, noHaig, uRobertson nabanye ojenene abaphezulu eFrance. Ngemuva kweMpi yaseLoos, lapho ukukhululwa kancane kwamaFulentshi kwe-XI Corps kusuka kusilondolozi kwabekwa icala lokwehluleka ukufeza impumelelo enqumayo ngosuku lokuqala, uH. H. Asquith, uNdunankulu waseBrithani, wafuna ukuthi ashiye phansi. UHaig, owayekade eyisisebenzi esithembekile sikaFrench futhi owayemsindise ekuqothukeni ngokumboleka isamba esikhulu semali ngo-1899, wamthatha esikhundleni sakhe. 