<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Indima ebaluleke kakhulu kaFrench kwakuyi-Commander-in-Chief C-in-C yeBritish Expeditionary Force BEF ngonyaka wokuqala nengxenye yeMpi Yezwe Yokuqala. Ngokushesha waba nokushayisana kobuntu noJenene waseFrance uCharles Lanrezac. Ngemva kokuba amaNgisi elahlekelwe kakhulu ezimpini zaseMons naseLe Cateau  <response>: lapho uSmith-Dorrien athatha khona ukuma okuphambene nezifiso zikaFrench, uFrench wayefuna ukuhoxisa i-BEF kulayini we-Allied ukuze alungise kabusha futhi wavuma kuphela ukubamba iqhaza eMpini Yokuqala yaseMarne ngemuva komhlangano wangasese noNgqongqoshe Wezwe Wezempi, uLord Kitchener, abhekene naye. NgoMeyi 1915 waveza imininingwane ephathelene nokuntuleka kwezibhamu emaphephandabeni ngethemba 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. 