Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei pene - I te pakarutanga o te pakanga me Tiamana i te tau 1914, i whakauruhia te 4th Hussars hei waahanga o te British Expeditionary Force (BEF) e haere ana ki Dublin mo te eke ki France. I haere te rārangi me ōna hoiho i runga i te SS "Atlantian", ka tae ki Le Havre i te 15 o Akuhata 1914. Ko te 4th Hussars tetahi waahanga o te 3rd Cavalry Brigade i whakahaua e Brigadier General Hubert Gough, a ka tere te uru atu ki te Pakanga me te Hokinga mai o Mons. I roto i enei mahi te rangatira rangatira, Lieutenant Colonel Ian Hogg, i mate i nga whara i riro i roto i te mahi o muri i te 1 o Mahuru. I riro i a Howell te mana o te 4th Hussars i te Pakanga o Le Cateau
, tae noa ki te whakawātea e te whakataunga o Lieutenant Colonel Tom Bridges i te 27 o Mahuru. Heoi, e toru nga ra i tu ai a Bridges, i mua i tana whakatairanga i a ia hei rangatira rangatira, a ka tonoa hei kaitohutohu hoia mo te Kingi o Belgium. I hoki ano a Howell ki te whakahau i te 4 o nga Hussars, i whakatairangahia hei koromatua i te 18 o Oketopa. I arahina e ia te 4th Hussars puta noa i te toenga o te whakaekenga o te Pakanga Tuatahi o Marne, a, i roto i nga marama tekau e whai ake nei na roto i te parekura o mua o te Pakanga Tuatahi o Ypres, Hill 60, me Neuve Chappelle.