Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 4th Battalion ya sauka a Le Havre a matsayin wani ɓangare na 9th Brigade a cikin 3rd Division a watan Agusta 1914 don aiki a Yammacin Yamma; manyan abubuwan da suka shafi battalion sun hada da yakin Mons da yakin Le Cateau
a watan Agusta na 1914, Yaƙin farko na Marne da Yaƙin farko na Aisne a watan Satumba na 1914 da Yaƙin La Bassée, Yaƙin Messines da Yaƙin farko na Ypres a watan Oktoba na 1914. Membobin Battalion sun sami Victoria Crosses biyu na farko na yakin kusa da Mons a watan Agusta 1914 (Lieutenant Maurice Dease da Private Sidney Godley).