Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuchengeta mukuru mukuru weGermany aziviswe, musi wa 8 September Spee akatumira "Nürnberg" kuHonolulu kuti atumire shoko kuburikidza nenyika dzisina kwazvakarerekera. "Nürnberg" yakadzoka nemashoko okutorwa kweGermany neAllied kweGerman Samoa
, iyo yakaitika musi wa29 Nyamavhuvhu. "Scharnhorst" uye "Gneisenau" vakaenda kuApia kunonzvera mamiriro acho ezvinhu. Spee akanga achitarisira kubata ngarava yehondo yeBritain kana yeAustralia nokukurumidza, asi paakasvika pa 14 September, haana kuwana ngarava dzehondo pachiteshi. Spee akasarudza kusarwisa mauto eAllied pamhenderekedzo yegungwa, sezvo kuita kudaro kwaizova nengozi yokuuraya vaSamoa uye kukuvadza zvinhu zveGermany. Musi waSeptember 22, "Scharnhorst" uye vamwe vose veEast Asia Squadron vakasvika kukoloni yeFrance yePapeete. VaGerman vakarwisa nyika yacho, uye muhondo yakazotevera yePapeete, vakanyudza chikepe chehondo cheFrance chainzi "Zélée". Ngarava dzacho dzakapfurwa nemabhatiri eFrance aiva pamhenderekedzo yegungwa asi hadzina kukuvara. Kutya migodhi yaiva pachiteshi chengarava kwakatadzisa Spee kutora marasha aiva pachiteshi chengarava. Spee akabva apfuurira kuyambuka Pacific, achipfuura neMarquesas Islands, uko ngarava dzake dzaiwana zvinhu zvaisanganisira nyama nyowani nokuchinjana, kutenga, kana kuti kutorerwa. Musi wa 12 Gumiguru, squadron yakasvika Easter Island, uko yakasimbiswa ne "Leipzig",, uye mamwe mana makorari. Ngarava dzaSpee dzakanga dzisati dzaenda kumahombekombe eChile musi wa1 November, paakadzidza kuti ngarava yokuBritain yakanga yakamira muCoronel, ichiita seyakanga iri yoga; akasarudza kuedza kunyudza ngarava yacho.