Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ natara iwu nke 14th Infantry division ma lụọ agha na Mulhouse n'etiti August 1914. E zigara ngalaba ya na Somme ebe ọ sonyere na Agha nke Proyart-Vauvillers, Agha Mbụ nke Marne na Agha Mbụ nke Aisne. N'ihi ọmarịcha ọrụ ya, e buliri ya n'ọkwa ịbụ ọchịagha nke VII Army Corps. Na 13 Machị 1915, ya na General Michel-Joseph Maunoury merụrụ ahụ nke ukwuu site na onye na-agba égbè German, mana ihe na-erughị otu ọnwa mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ọ weghachitere iwu nke ndị agha ya, nke ya na ya lụrụ ọgụ na
Agha nke Abụọ nke Champagne.