Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nokunetsana kwakanga kwawedzerazve pakati pePrussia neDenmark pakupera kwegore racho, "Grille" yakapiwa basa rokuva ngarava huru yaMambo Adalbert, mutungamiriri wehondo yePrussia. Kutevera kutanga kwehondo munaFebruary 1864, akaitwa kuti ashande nechinangwa ichi musi wa 10 Kurume, panguva iyo pfuti mbiri dze 12-pound dzakanga dzagadziriswa. "Grille" akaramba ari pachiteshi apo Eduard von Jachmann akatora ngarava dzinoverengeka kuti aende kugungwa kunorwisa chibvumirano cheDenmark, zvichiita kuti
Hondo yeJasmund muna March. Adalbert akauya mungarava musi wa29 Kurume paStralsund, uye musi wa6 Kubvumbi, akacherechedza kudzidzira kudzidzira nezvikepe zvehondo muGulf yeGreifswald. "Grille" yakabuda musi wa14 Kubvumbi naAdalbert vari muchikepe kuti vaongorore Bay yePomerania iyo yakaguma nekusangana nechikepe cheDanish chemutsara uye chikepe chevhu. "Grille" yakavhura moto uri kure, zvichitungamirira kuhondo isingagoni kutsunga yamaawa maviri nehafu umo "Grille" yakapfuura nyore nyore ngarava dzeDenmark dzine simba zvikuru. Yakatiza kudzokera kuSwinemünde, uko zvikepe zvehondo zve1st Flotilla uye squadron yaJachmann yakavhara nzira yayo. Sezvo kwasviba, mukuru mukuru weDenmark, Admiral Edvard van Dockum, akasarudza kurega kutevera.