Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Leipzig" yakatanga kutumira kwayo kunotevera kunze kwenyika musi wa14 June kuti itsive corvette. Mutungamiriri mutsva wechikwata, "KAdm" Karl August Deinhard, akanga achifamba oga nechikepe chevatakurwi. "Leipzig" yakamira muAden musi wa16 Chikunguru, kwayakabvisa zviri pamutemo "Bismarck" semutungamiriri wechikwata, ndokuenderera kuZanzibar, kwaakasvika musi wa2 Nyamavhuvhu. Ikoko, akabatana ne corvette; mutungamiri wechikepe chekupedzisira, "KzS" Franz Strauch akanga achishanda semutungamiri wechikwata apo Deinhard akanga achiri munzira, uye saka akaendeswa ku "Leipzig" uye Hartog akatora nzvimbo yake pa "Olga". Deinhard akasvika musi wa 31 Nyamavhuvhu ndokutora mutungamiri we squadron muManda Bay, Kenya. Panguva iyoyo, squadron yaive ne "Leipzig", "Olga", "Möwe", uye kubva 31 Zvita cruiser isina kudzivirirwa uye kubva 5 Ndira 1889 aviso. Chikwata ichi, icho chaive chakarongerwa kushanda muSouth Pacific, pachinzvimbo chaifanira kugara kunze kweGerman East Africa nekuda kwekumukira kwaAbushiri
, kupandukira kukuru kutonga kweGerman; ichi chaive chokwadi chikonzero nei "Schwalbe" uye "Pfeil" vakatumirwa kunosimbisa squadron. Basa rakaitwa kuGerman East Africa ndiro raiva rakakura uye rakareba kupfuura mamwe ose akaitwa nechikepe cheGermany Hondo Yenyika I isati yatanga.