Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: The 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment yakanga iri Regular Army unit uye, mushure mekutora vamwe 500 reservists, vakaenda kuFrance, vachidzika kuLe Havre musi wa 21 August 1914, mazuva 17 chete kubva pakapinda kweBritain muhondo, sechikamu cheBritish Expeditionary Force (BEF). Bhatani racho rakabatana ne8th Brigade ye3rd Division pakutanga kwaSeptember 1914, uye ndokuzoendeswa ku14th Brigade ye5th Division gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo. Bhatani racho rakashanda kuWestern Front muhondo yose, richiona chiito chokutanga munguva ye
Hondo yeLa Bassée muna Gumiguru kwavakabatsira mukutora Givenchy Ridge, ichiteverwa neHondo Yekutanga yeYpres, uko batachoni, yakafanana neakawanda evamwe vese veBritish Regular Army, vakatambura kurasikirwa kwakanyanya. VaDevon Vokutanga vakarasikirwa muhondo yacho nezvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvevakuru vavo uye chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chezvimwe zvikamu. Bhatani racho rakazotora chikamu muZima operations 1914<unk>1915, richigara mumakomba mumatope akadzika nesinou pamberi, muna Kubvumbi 1915, kutambura 200 vakaurayiwa kubva pakupfura uye kurwisa kweGerman mushure mekubata Hill 60 mushure mekutorwa kwayo mazuva mashoma apfuura.