Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe agha na Germany malitere na 1914, ndị 4th Hussars nọ na-arụ ọrụ dịka akụkụ nke British Expeditionary Force (BEF) na-aga Dublin maka ịbanye na France. Ndị agha ahụ sooro ịnyịnya ya n'ụgbọ SS "Atlantian", bịarutere Le Havre na 15 August 1914. Ndị 4th Hussars bụ akụkụ nke 3rd Cavalry Brigade nke Brigadier General Hubert Gough nyere iwu, ma banye ngwa ngwa n'agha na ịlaghachi azụ na Mons. N'oge a na-eme ihe ndị a, onye isi ndị agha, Lieutenant Colonel Ian Hogg, nwụrụ site na ọnya ọ merụrụ n'oge a na-eme ihe na 1 Septemba. Howell weghaara ọchịchị ndị 4th Hussars site na
Agha nke Le Cateau, ruo mgbe a gbanwere ya site na nhọpụta nke Lieutenant Colonel Tom Bridges na 27 Septemba. Agbanyeghị, nhọpụta Bridges were ụbọchị atọ, tupu e bulie ya n'ọkwa brigadier general ma ziga ya ka ọ bụrụ onye ndụmọdụ ndị agha nke Eze Belgium. Howell weghachiri iwu nke ndị 4th Hussars, na-akwalite lieutenant colonel na 18 Ọktọba. Ọ duru ndị 4th Hussars n'oge fọdụrụnụ nke ọganihu nke Agha Mbụ nke Marne, na mgbe ahụ na ọnwa iri na-esote site n'ihu agha nke Agha Mbụ nke Ypres, Hill 60, na Neuve Chappelle.