The Russians advanced, but reconnaissance failures prevented General Alexander Samsonov from becoming knowing that his flanks were breaking down.
An oddity, too, given the heavy prevalence of Russian cavalry.
The 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers of the British Expeditionary Force held up the Germans for fourteen hours, allowing the rest of the BEF to retreat. They would ultimately be forced to surrender.
The Belgian army ordered its troops to Péronne in France.
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