Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika I muna August 1914, Brauchitsch akanga asvika pachinzvimbo chaKaputeni. Akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru mu16th Army Corps, yaiva pedyo neMetz. MuHondo Yenyika I, akashanda ne34th Infantry Division uye Guards Reserve Corps. Pakati pa1914 na1916, akatora chikamu muHondo yeVerdun uye Hondo yeArgonne Forest. Mumakore maviri akasara ehondo, Brauchitsch akapinda muHondo yechitatu yeAisne, Aisne-Marne kurwisa,
Hondo yechipiri yeAisne, Hondo yeArmentières, uye Hondo yeFlanders. Brauchitsch akapihwa Iron Cross 1st Class uye neHouse Order yeHohenzollern, uye akapedza hondo aine chinzvimbo chechikuru.