Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna August 1914, pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yokutanga, Bahrfeldt akapiwa murairo we19th Reserve Division, chikamu cheX. Reserve Corps uye 2nd Army. Akatora Charleroi
musi waAugust 22, 1914 uye, achipomerwa neVasonganiri kuti akaita utsinye paCharleroi, muna 1925 akatongerwa rufu "aripo" nedare reBelgian. Chikamu chake chakabatanidzwa muHondo yeSt. Quentin uye Hondo yeMarne yakatevera. Akarwa muHondo Yokutanga yeChampagne uye muna June 1915 akapiwa mutungamiri we10th Reserve Division uye akasimudzirwa kuGeneral der Infanterie. Akatungamirira boka rake muHondo yeVerdun uye akabviswa muuto muna April 1916.