Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bataliya ta 2 ta sauka a Rouen a matsayin wani ɓangare na Brigade na 7 a cikin Division na 3 a watan Agusta 1914 kuma a cikin ragowar wannan shekarar ta ga aikin a yakin Mons, yakin Le Cateau, yakin farko na Marne, yakin farko na Aisne, yakin La Bassée
da kuma yakin Messines. A watan Satumbar 1914, jami'ai 6 da maza 200 ne kawai na Battalion na asali na maza 1,100 har yanzu suna aiki. A watan Oktoba, an sake rage rundunar zuwa jami'ai biyu da maza 46 kuma a karshen shekara ta 1914, kashi 97 cikin dari na rundunar ta farko sun mutu, sun ji rauni ko kuma aka kama su.