Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo Yenyika I payakatanga muna August 1914, Lieutenant Plüschow akatumirwa kuEast Asian Naval Station paTsingtau, panguva iyoyo yaiva chikamu cheGermany Kiautschou Bay concession muChina. Ndege mbiri dze"Taube" dzakanga dzatumirwa mumakatoni kubva kuGermany yoUmambo. Pashure pokutarisira kuunganidzwa kwendege, Plüschow akatanga kushanda somutyairi wendege uye mutarisiri anobhururuka. Ndege yechipiri, yaifambiswa naLt. Friedrich Müllerskowski, yakakurumidza kudonha, ichisiya Plüschow kuti abhururuke oga. Chiziviso chokupedzisira cheJapan chaAugust 15 chaida kuti vaGermany vabve muKiautschou Bay nenzira inonzwisisika chakaregeredzwa, uye mazuva masere gare gare Japan yakazivisa hondo kuGermany. Mauto eJapan neBritain ipapo pamwe chete
vakakomba nyika yeGermany. Pakazosvika November 1914, mamiriro ezvinhu ehondo paKiautschou Bay akanga ava asingachagadzirisiki, uye musi waNovember 6 Plüschow (uyo akanga abhururuka achiongorora uye akanga adonhedza ndege yeJapan nepistol yake) akarayirwa kuti abhururuke mu"Taube" yake, akatakura tsamba dzokupedzisira nemagwaro kubva kuna gavhuna. Pashure pokubhururuka mundege yake yakanga yagadziridzwa zvikuru, Plüschow akarovera mumunda wemupunga. Akapisa "Taube", ipapo akatanga kuenda kuGermany netsoka.