Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Doran te rangatira o te 8th Brigade i te wa i puta ai te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao i te marama o Akuhata 1914, a, i whakauruhia te British Expeditionary Force mo te mahi. Ko tana teina, ko Walter Robert Butler Doran, i whakahau hoki i tetahi parirau o te Expeditionary Force; 17th Infantry Brigade i te 6th Division. I mauria e ia te piritiata ki Parani ka whakahau i a ia i roto i te Hokinga mai o Mons, te Pakanga o te Marne me te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Aisne. I te 20 o Oketopa, i karapotia tētahi o ana hōia <unk> te 2nd Royal Irish Regiment <unk> i te wā o te
Ko te Pakanga o La Bassée ka whakangaromia mo te kore o te tautoko; i te 23 o Oketopa, i tukuna ia mai i te rangatira o te 8th Brigade ka tukuna ki te kaainga.