Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakusunganidzwa, XX Corps yakapihwa ku8th Army kuti vadzivirire East Prussia apo vamwe vese veMasoja vakaita kurwisa kweSchlieffen Plan muna Nyamavhuvhu 1914. Yakapinda muhondo dzeGumbinnen, Tannenberg ne1st Masurian Lakes. Pakarepo pashure 1st Masurian Lakes yakabatana 9th Army muna Lower Silesia apo vakarwa panguva Hondo Vistula River
. Pakazosvika Chivabvu 1915 yakanga yadzoka ne8th Army uye musi wa 26 Chivabvu mutungamiri weXX Corps, General der Artillerie Friedrich von Scholtz, akaitwa mutungamiri wemauto, achiri kuchengetedza kutungamira kweCorps yake panguva imwe chete. Pana 29 September 1915, dzimbahwe re8th Army rakaparadzwa. Musi wa 18 Gunyana 1915, XX Corps yakagadziridzwa kuti iumbe "Armee-Gruppe" Scholtz, yakazotevera "Armee-Abteilung" Scholtz, sechikamu cheMauto eNiemen.