Crepy 

Air reconnaissance on the fronts of the VII Corps and X Reserve Corps on 31 August reported that the British were retreating south of the Aisne towards Crépy-en-Valois. The five  of the II Cavalry Corps were sent towards Crépy on 1 September and encountered British troops who repulsed an attack on the village. The 1st Army had attempted to trap British rearguards at Crépy and Villers-Cotterêts but they had slipped away. Air reconnaisssance revealed that British olumns were moving south from the area south-west of Villers-Cotterêts, south of Crépy and from Creil.