Chikwata ichi chakaumbwa mumatsutso a1914, kubva kuvarwi veLegion Wschodni (Eastern Legion), iyo yakaparadzwa musi wa21 Gunyana 1914, mushure mekunge varwi vayo vazhinji varamba kupika kuvimbika nekuteerera kuna Mambo Franz Joseph I weAustria. Yakasimbiswa navamwe vazvipiri vanobva kuAustria Silesia neAustria Galicia, yakabatanidzwa muHondo yeGalicia kare muna October 1914. The chikwata akarwa muhondo dzakawanda dzinokosha, akadai Hondo Rafajlowa, Hondo Mołotków, Hondo Kostiuchnówka, Hondo Rarańcza uye Hondo Kaniów
. Yakabviswa zvombo nemaGerman mushure meHondo yeKaniów (Chivabvu 1918) iyo regiment yakagadzirwazve nezviremera zvePoland kutanga kwa1919. Yakarwa muPolish-Ukrainian War (1918-19) uye Polish-Soviet War ya1920.