<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - i-GHQ yabuyela emuva eNoyon ngo-August 26. UHuguet wabika kuJoffre u-10: 15 ntambama ngo-Agasti 26 ukuthi abaseBrithani behlulwe eLe Cateau  <response>: futhi uzodinga ukuvikelwa yiFrance ukuze abuyisele ukubumbana; wabuye wabika ukuthi yize umoya wokulwa we-BEF wawungenasibindi, uHulumeni waseBrithani angayala i-BEF ukuthi ibuyele emuva eLe Havre. UColonel Brecard, omunye isikhulu esixhumanisa abasebenzi baseBrithani, wabika ukuthi amabutho amabili kwayisihlanu aseBrithani abhujiswa nokuthi, ngokombono kaWilson, i-BEF izodinga isonto ukuze ilungiswe kabusha. USir John waxwayisa uHuguet ukuthi kuzoba nokudabuka nokuzisola eNgilandi ngokulahleka kweBrithani, kanti uJoffre, owayezimisele ukuyala ukuhlaselwa yi-Fifth Army ukuze athathe ingcindezi ku-BEF, wavakashela uSir John eNoyon ngo-Agasti 27 futhi wamnika umyalezo wokuhalalisela i-BEF ngemizamo yayo yokuvikela uhlangothi lwe-Fifth Army. Eqinisweni abasebenzi bakaSmith-Dorrien benza imizamo eqinile yokugcina i-II Corps ndawonye, yize emhlanganweni owabanjwa ngo-2 ekuseni ngo-Agasti 27, njengoba uSmith-Dorrien ethole indawo yamanje ye-GHQ ngobunzima obukhulu uFrench wamsola ngokuba nethemba ngokweqile. I-GHQ yabuyela eCompiegne ngomhlaka-28 Agasti, yize uSir John akwazi ukuvakashela amabutho akhe emashi okokuqala kusukela ngomhlaka-25 Agasti, etshela amadoda ayephumula emhlabathini ngomyalezo kaJoffre. 