Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kutyisidzira kukuru kwokunze kuguta rechiteshi kwakanga kuri German East Asia Squadron, uye pakatanga hondo, varwi vakanga vachitya zvikuru kuziva kuti zvikamu zvikuru zveSquadron zvakanga zvisiri muTsingtao. Zvisinei, pana August 23, 1914, Japan yakapinda muhondo iri kudivi reEntente. Sezvo uto rehondo reJapan raigona kudzora nyore nyore mvura dzeEast Asia, kunetseka pamusoro pokurwiswa kweGermany pachitsuwa chacho kwakaderera. Muna November, simba reAnglo-Japanese, kubatanidza HMS "Triumph" iyo yakanga yabuda muHong Kong,
akabata Kiautschou. Muna December, muviri mukuru weEast Asia Squadron wakaparadzwa muHondo yeFalkland Islands. Panguva iyoyo, kutya kwose kwokuti maGermany aizorwisa kwakanga kwanyangarika.