Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo Yenyika Yokutanga yakatanga muna 1914, uye pamwe chete naikoko, Mukuru Mukuru Evert akagadzwa kuti atungamirire Hondo yechi10. Uye akapinda muchidimbu muEast Prussian Campaign, asi pashure pemazuva anoverengeka, akatsiviwa naLieutenant-General Vasily Flug, uye gare gare akatsiva General akwegura Zaltsa, pashure pacho akapinda muInvasion yeGalicia uye muhondo pa
Rwizi rweVistula. Pakati paAugust 1915, Evert akazotsiva mukuru wemauto General Mikhail Alekseyev semutungamiri mukuru weWestern Front, akaitwawo mukuru mukuru gare gare muna Zvita wegore iroro. Kubva muna May kusvika muna June, Evert neuto rake vakarwa nemauto eAustria neGermany paOpatov neLublin. Uye munaGunyana, mauto ake akabudirira kudzosera kuputsa kweAustria-German pakati pemaguta eSmorgon neDvinsk, nekuda kwebudiriro iyi, akapihwa Order yaSt. George ye3rd degree kutanga kwaGumiguru.