Marka uu qarxay dagaalkii Jarmalka ee 1914, 4th Hussars ayaa loo soo aruuriyay qayb ka mid ah Ciidanka British Expeditionary Force (BEF) oo ku sii jeeday Dublin si ay ugu soo galaan Faransiiska. Guutada waxay raacday fardaheeda SS "Atlantian", waxayna timid Le Havre 15kii Ogosto 1914. Hussars-kii 4aad wuxuu ka mid ahaa Guutada 3aad ee Fardooleyda oo uu hogaaminayay Brigadier General Hubert Gough, wuxuuna si dhakhso leh ugu lug yeeshay Dagaalkii iyo dib u dhaca ka dambeeyay Mons. Intii lagu guda jiray ficilladan sarkaalkii hoggaaminayay, Kornayl Kornayl Ian Hogg, wuxuu u dhintay dhaawacyo ka soo gaaray howlgalkii gadaal ee 1dii Sebtember. Howell wuxuu qabtay amarkii 4aad ee Hussars intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Le Cateau
, ilaa laga beddelay magacaabista Kornayl Kornayl Tom Bridges 27kii Sebtember. Si kastaba ha noqotee, magacaabista Bridges waxay qaadatay seddex maalmood, ka hor inta aan loo dallacin janaraal guuto oo loo diray inuu noqdo lataliyaha militariga ee ugu sarreeya Boqorka Belgium. Howell wuxuu dib u bilaabay amarkii 4aad ee Hussars, isagoo loo dalacsiiyay kornayl-ku-xigeen 18kii Oktoobar. Wuxuu hogaamiyay 4th Hussars inta ka hartay horumarka Dagaalkii Koowaad ee Marne, ka dibna tobankii bilood ee xigay iyada oo loo marayo xasuuqii safka hore ee Dagaalkii Koowaad ee Ypres, Hill 60, iyo Neuve Chappelle.