Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kutyisidzira kwakanyanya kwekunze kuguta rechiteshi kwaive kweGerman East Asia Squadron, uye pakatanga hondo, varwi vaive vakanyanya kushushikana kuziva kuti zvikamu zvikuru zveSquadron zvaive 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, mauto eEngland neJapan, kusanganisira HMS "Triumph" yakanga yabuda muHong Kong, yakatora Kiautschou
. Muna December, muviri mukuru weEast Asia Squadron wakaparadzwa muHondo yeFalkland Islands. Panguva iyoyo, kutya kwose kwokuti maGermany aizorwisa kwakanga kwanyangarika.