<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Abasebenzi be-BEF, ababengakazilolongi izindima zabo, benza kabi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezalandela. Ofakazi abahlukahlukene babika ukuthi uWilson wayengomunye wamalungu azolile e-GHQ, kodwa wayekhathazekile ngokungafaneleki kukaMurray ngokwezempilo kanye nokungakwazi kukaFrench ukuqonda isimo. UWilson wamelana nesinqumo sikaSmith-Dorrien sokulwa eLe Cateau  <response>: Agasti 26. Kodwa-ke, lapho utshelwa nguSmith-Dorrien UWilson kwadingeka ahambe aye edolobhaneni eliseduze, ama-gaiters akhe engakaqiniswa, ukuze asebenzise ucingo lomphakathi ukuthi bekungeke kwenzeke ukuthi ahlukane futhi abuyele emuva kuze kuhlwe, nge-akhawunti yakhe siqu wamfisela inhlanhla futhi wambonga ngethoni yakhe ejabulisayo. Isikhumbuzo sikaSmith-Dorrien esihluke kancane sasiwukuthi uWilson wayemxwayisile ukuthi wayesengozini yokuzungezwa njengamaFulentshi eSedan ngo-1870. 