<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: GHQ yakadzokera kuNoyon 26 August. Huguet akashuma kuna Joffre 10.15 masikati musi wa26 Nyamavhuvhu kuti maBritish akange akundwa pa  <response>: Le Cateau uye vaizoda kudzivirirwa kweFrance kuti vadzore kubatana; akataurawo kuti kunyange zvazvo mweya wekurwa weBEF wakanga usingatyi, Hurumende yeBritain yaigona kuraira BEF kuti idzokere kuLe Havre. Colonel Brecard, mumwe mukuru mukuru wekubatana akabatanidzwa nevakuru veBritish, akashuma kuti maviri emapoka mashanu eBritish akaparadzwa uye kuti, mumaonero aWilson, BEF yaizoda vhiki kuti igadzirise. Sir John akanyevera Huguet kuti kwaizove ne shungu nekusuwa muEngland pamusoro pekurasikirwa kweBritish, uye Joffre, uyo akange afunga kuraira kurwiswa neChishanu Hondo kuti abvise kumanikidza kubva kuBEF, akashanyira Sir John kuNoyon musi wa27 Nyamavhuvhu ndokumupa meseji yekukorokotedza BEF nekuedza kwayo kuchengetedza divi reChishanu Hondo. Kutaura zvazviri Smith-Dorrien mudonzvo vakanga vachiita zvikuru kuedza kuchengeta II Corps pamwe, kunyange pamusangano wakaitwa pa 2 a.m. musi 27 August, sezvo Smith-Dorrien akanga awana GHQ ano nzvimbo nematambudziko makuru French akamupomera kuva kunyanyisa netariro. GHQ yakadzokera kuCompiegne musi wa28 Nyamavhuvhu, kunyangwe Sir John akakwanisa kushanyira mauto ake achifamba kekutanga kubva musi wa25 Nyamavhuvhu, achiudza varume vaive vakazorora pasi meseji yaJoffre. 