<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Umkhuzi weBEF eFrance, uSir John French, ukhathazekile ngokulahlekelwa okukhulu kwamaNgisi eMpini yaseLe Cateau  <response>: , wayecabanga ukuhoxisa amabutho akhe emgqeni wama-Allied. Ngo-31 Agasti, umkhuzi-jikelele waseFrance uJoffre, uMongameli uPoincaré odluliselwe ngoBertie, iNxusa laseBrithani noKitchener babemthumelele imiyalezo bemncenga ukuba angenzi kanjalo. UKitchener, egunyazwe umhlangano waphakathi kwamabili noma yibaphi oNgqongqoshe beKhabhinethi ababengatholakala, wahamba waya eFrance ukuyohlangana noSir John ngo-1 Septhemba. 