Pakutanga kwaSeptember 1917, zvichitevera kukunda kweGerman kwechiteshi cheRussian Riga, mauto eGerman akasarudza kudzinga mauto emauto eRussia aive achiri muGulf of Riga. Nechinangwa ichi, Admiralstab (iyo Navy High Command) yakaronga chirongwa chekutora zviwi zveBaltic zveÖsel, kunyanya mabhatari epfuti eRussia paSworbe peninsula. Musi wa18 Gunyana, rairo yakaburitswa yekuita mushandirapamwe wemauto nemauto ehondo kutora zviwi zveÖsel neMwedzi; chikamu chikuru chehondo yezvikepe chaisanganisira mureza Moltke uye III Battle Squadron yeHigh Seas Fleet. Panguva ino, V Chikamu raisanganisira zvina zveBayern uye König-class battleships. VI Chikamu chaisanganisira hondo shanu dzeKaiser-class.
Zvitsuwa zveBaltic zveÖsel, kunyanya mabhatiri epfuti eRussia paSworbe peninsula