Musi waAugust 3, 1914, ngarava mbiri idzi dzakanga dziri munzira kuenda kuAlgeria apo Souchon akagamuchira shoko rekutaura hondo kuFrance. Goeben akapfura Philippeville (zvino Skikda, Algeria) kwemaminitsi gumi mangwanani musi waAugust 3 apo Breslau akapfura Bône (zvino Anna Hipphet, panzvimbo yeguta rekare reHippo) maererano nemirairo yaKaiser. Admirals Alfred von vonzpitz naHugo von Pohlben vakabva varayira Soueben kuti vatore mauto kumadokero kweMediterranean kuti vadzivise kudzoka kwemauto eFrance kubva kuNorth Africa kuenda kuEurope, kana kuti vapinde muAtlantic uye vaedze kudzokera kumvura dzeGerman, pane kungwara kwemukuru wechikwata.
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