Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1915, akatora kutungamira kweHondo yeBug uye panguva imwe chete akanga ari mutungamiri weHeeresgruppe Linsingen. Muna June 1916, Boka rake reMauto rakatarisana nechiitiko cheBrusilov
. Pashure pokutanga kudzokera shure, akaongorora kufambira mberi kweRussia muHondo yeKowel. Akakwidziridzwa kuva Colonel-General, chinzvimbo chechipiri chepamusoro cheuto muImperial German Army (4 nyeredzi). Muna 1917-1918 uye kunyanya mushure mekusainwa kweChibvumirano cheBrest-Litovsk, akatungamira kufambira mberi kweGerman muUkraine.