Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - MuHondo Yenyika Yokutanga Mangin akasimuka kubva pakuva mukuru weboka kusvika pakuva mukuru weboka rechi10 rehondo paHondo yechipiri yeMarne, achitungamirira mauto eFrance neAmerica. Akatumidzwa zita rokuti "Muurayi" nokuda kwokutsigira kwake "la guerre à outrance" (hondo yose) uye kutenda kwake mukukodzera kweNorth African Tirailleur nokuda kwokudenha, kwakanga kusina mubvunzo muuto reFrance kuti Mangin akanga asingatyi. Kusiyana nevakuru vakuru veFrance vakawanda vakanga vasina kushanyira mberi, Mangin akapfurwa muchipfuva apo akanga achikurudzira varume vake kuti varwisezve muhondo yechipiri yeChampagne, kunyange zvazvo akadzokera kubasa mazuva gumi gare gare. Mukati mehondo iyoyo, Mangin akawana rukundo runoshamisa paHondo yeCharleroi
muna 1914 uye ipapo paHondo yeVerdun muna 1916 asi mukurumbira wake wakatambura zvichitevera njodzi yeNivelle Offensive (16 Kubvumbi <unk> 9 Chivabvu 1917). Ikoku kwakanga kuri nemhaka yokuva mumwe wevakuru vakuru vashomanene veFrance vaitsigira zano raNivelle.