Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo Yenyika Yokutanga yakatanga muna 1914, uye naizvozvo, General Evert akagadzwa kutungamirira 10th Army. Uye akapinda muchidimbu muEast Prussian Campaign, asi mushure memazuva akati wandei, akatsiviwa naLieutenant-General Vasily Flug, uye akazotsiva General Zaltsa akwegura, mushure mezvo akatora chikamu muInvasion yeGalicia uye muhondo paRwizi rweVistula
. Pakati paAugust 1915, Evert akazotsiva mukuru wemauto General Mikhail Alekseyev semutungamiri mukuru weWestern Front, akaitwawo mukuru mukuru gare gare muna Zvita wegore iroro. Kubva muna May kusvika muna June, Evert neuto rake vakarwa nemauto eAustria neGermany paOpatov neLublin. Uye munaGunyana, mauto ake akabudirira kudzosera kuputsa kweAustria-German pakati pemaguta eSmorgon neDvinsk, nekuda kwebudiriro iyi, akapihwa Order yaSt. George ye3rd degree kutanga kwaGumiguru.