Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Vagari veGermany kubva kuKiautschou Bay mvumo vakaendeswawo kumusasa mushure mokunge mvumo yacho
yakatorwa neEntente muna November 1914. Vasungwa vacho vakabvumirwa kupemberera Krisimasi, uye mutambo wokupfeka zvipfeko zvaipfekwa nomusoro wakaitwa paEvha yeGore Idzva. Musi waJanuary 27, zuva rokuberekwa kwaMambo Wilhelm II rakapembererwa nevavharirwa mujeri pachivande. Zuva rakatevera racho, migove yezvokudya yakaderedzwa pashure pokunge London yanzwa nezvokubatwa kwaiitwa varwi veBritain mumisasa yeGermany. Vasungwa vacho vakanyunyuta kuti vaibatwa sevaranda, uye Germany yakanyunyuta pamusoro pemamiriro ezvinhu omumusasa kuUnited States, iyo yakatumira Consulate General George E. Anderson muna February 1915 kuti aongorore musasa wacho. Pashure pokuongororwa kwakaperekedzwa, akawana musasa wacho uchigutsa. Musi waFebruary 17, 1915, apo vasungwa vashanu vakapiwa zvokushandisa zvokuvakisa chikuva chevhu cheimba yemitambo. Nezvishandiso zvacho, vakachera mugero wakareba mamita 60 ndokuedza kutiza. Mumwe musungwa akapfurwa nomurindi ndokutorwa, uye mumwe akawanwa mumakomo eNew Territories. Vamwe vatatu vakasara vakabatwa vachiedza kuyambuka vachienda kuChina pedyo neSai Kung. Mune chimwe chiitiko chakazotevera musi waMay 21, 1915, mumwe musungwa akaedza kutiza paakabvumirwa kuenda kuchimbuzi achishanyira chiremba wemazino. Akabatwa usiku ihwohwo. Madutu akaramba achityisidzira. Pane imwe nhambo, pana October 30, 1915, vasungwa vaifanira kubviswa kwenguva pfupi kuenda kuGun Club Hill Barracks.