Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yekutanga, Witzleben akashanda semubatsiri webrigade mu19th Reserve Infantry Brigade asati akwidziridzwa kuva Hauptmann uye mukuru wekambani muReserve Infantry Regiment No.6 muna Gumiguru 1914. Gare gare, muuto rimwe chetero, akava mutungamiriri webato. Chikwata chake chakarwa muVerdun, Champagne
nharaunda neFlanders, pakati penzvimbo. Akakuvadzwa zvakakomba uye akapiwa Iron Cross, zvose zviri zviviri kirasi yokutanga neyechipiri. Pashure pacho, akaendeswa kuGeneral Staff kudzidziswa uye akapupurira kupera kwehondo saFirst General Staff Officer we121st Division.