Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Battalion na 4 ya sauka a Le Havre a matsayin wani ɓangare na Brigade na 9 a cikin Division na 3 a watan Agusta 1914 don yin aiki a Yammacin Yamma; manyan alkawurran da suka shafi battalion sun haɗa da Yaƙin Mons da Yaƙin Le Cateau a watan Agusta 1914, Yaƙin Farko na Marne da Yaƙin Farko na Aisne a watan Satumba 1914 da Yaƙin La Bassée
, Yaƙin Messines da Yaƙin Ypres na Farko a watan Oktoba 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).