Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I tae te 1st Battalion ki Boulogne i Akuhata 1914 hei wāhanga o te 12th Brigade i roto i te 4th Division o te British Expeditionary Force. I tata whakangaromia hei wae whawhai i te Pakanga o Le Cateau
i te 26 o Akuhata 1914, i te wa i mate ai te 400 o nga mate i roto i te rua meneti o te pupuhi puhi puhi. I mahi i te Western Front mo te toenga o te pakanga. I hoki mai te 2nd Battalion mai i Inia i te Tihema 1914 ka tae ki Le Havre i te Hanuere 1915 hei waahanga o te 83rd Brigade i te 28th Division. He nui nga mate i te Pakanga o Frezenberg i te Mei 1915 i mua i te neke ki Ihipa i te Oketopa 1915 ka haere ki Salonika.