Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Chikamu ichi chakatorwa se5th Infantry Division muna Nyamavhuvhu 1914 ndokuendeswa kumadokero kumisangano yokutanga yehondo. Muna 1914 yakarwisana muHondo yeMarne neRace to the Sea. Ipapo yakatanga kurwa muhondo dzomunzvimbo mumakomba aiva pedyo neSomme. Rakarwa muhondo yeSomme uye muhondo yeVerdun muna 1916 uye muhondo yechipiri yeAisne
(inonziwo Hondo yechitatu yeChampagne) muna 1917. Pakati pa1917, yakaendeswa kuEastern Front mukupindura kuRussia Kerensky Offensive. Muna Gumiguru 1917, boka racho rakaendeswa kuItaly Front, uko rakarwa muHondo yeCaporetto. Yakadzokera kuWestern Front muna December 1917, ndokuramba iri ikoko kusvikira hondo yapera, ichibatanidzwa muGermany spring offensive uye Allied offensives yakatevera. Kusvikira pakuva neropa mukutambudzwa kwa 1918, boka racho rakarongwa seboka rokutanga-kirasi neAllied intelligence.