Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ngwá agha nke ebe e wusiri ike nke Lille na 1914, gụnyere na (gụnyere shells), nke egbe egbe na egbe, nke e si na Paris zitere. N'oge Agha Charleroi
(Ọgọstụ 21), General d'Amade debere mpaghara ahụ site na Maubeuge ruo Dunkirk na usoro nke ngalaba mpaghara. Ngalaba nke 82 nwere mpaghara dị n'agbata Escaut na Scarpe, nwere ebe dị elu na Lille, Deûlémont na Tournai, n'ofe ókèala Belgium. Ndị Territorial gbagọrọ agbagọ mana na 23 Ọgọstụ, ndị British Expeditionary Force (BEF) lara azụ na Mons na ndị German chụpụrụ Ngalaba Ala nke 82 na Tournai. Ọganihu ndị Germany ruru Roubaix na Tourcoing tupu mwakpo nke ndị agha nke 83 na nke 84 weghachitere Tournai n'abalị. N'isi ụtụtụ nke 24 Ọgọstụ, Brigade nke 170 haziri ịgbachitere àkwà mmiri ndị dị n'elu Escaut mana n'ihe dị ka etiti ehihie, mwakpo ndị German mere ka ndị Territorial laghachi azụ. Onye isi obodo Lille rịọrọ ka ekwupụta obodo ahụ ka ọ bụrụ nke mepere emepe na Minista Agha nyere ndị agha ahụ iwu ka ha hapụ obodo ahụ wee kwaga n'etiti La Bassée na Aire-sur-la-Lys.