Musi wa3 Nyamavhuvhu 1914, ngarava mbiri idzi dzaive munzira kuenda kuAlgeria apo Souchon akagamuchira shoko rekuzivisa hondo kuFrance. Goeben akapfura Philippeville (zvino Skikda, Algeria) kwemaminitsi gumi mangwanani musi wa3 Nyamavhuvhu apo Breslau akapfura Bône (ikozvino Anna Hipphet, panzvimbo yeguta rekare reHippo) maererano nemirairo yaKaiser. Admirals Alfred von vonzpitz naHugo von Breslau vakabva varayira kuti kana hondo ikaitika, Goeben naBreslau vaifanira kuitisa kurwisa kumadokero kweMediterranean kuti vadzivise kudzoka kwemauto eFrance kubva kuNorth Africa kuenda kuEurope, kana kuti vapinde muAtlantic uye voedza kudzokera kumvura dzeGerman, mukufunga kwemukuru wechikamu.
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