Kammala wannan jumlar: Babban barazanar waje ga garin tashar jiragen ruwa ita ce Rundunar Sojojin Jamus ta Gabashin Asiya, kuma a lokacin da aka fara yakin, rundunar sojin ta damu matuka don sanin cewa manyan rukunin Rundunar ba su cikin Tsingtao. Koyaya, a ranar 23 ga Agusta, 1914, Japan ta shiga yaƙin a gefen Entente. Tun da sojojin ruwa na Japan za su iya mamaye ruwan Asiya ta Gabas, damuwa game da harin Jamus a kan mulkin mallaka ya ragu. A watan Nuwamba, sojojin Ingila da Japan, ciki har da HMS "Triumph" wanda ya tashi daga Hong Kong,
kama Kiautschou. A watan Disamba, an hallaka babban sashin rundunar Sojan Asiya ta Gabas a yakin Falkland Islands. A wannan lokacin, duk damuwa game da harin Jamus ya ɓace.