Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 26 ga Agusta, 1914, Fowler ya shiga cikin yakin Le Cateau
, amma an yanke shi daga rundunarsa a lokacin da Jamus ta ci gaba. Tsawon watanni biyar, Fowler ya zauna a cikin gandun daji na gida, har sai wani mutumin gida, Louis Basquin, ya gano shi a ranar 15 ga Janairu, 1915. Maimakon miƙa shi ga Jamusawa, Basquin ya kai shi gidan gonar Bertry na surukinsa, Madame Belmont-Gobert, da 'yarta Angèle. An yanke shawarar ɓoye Fowler a cikin tufafi wanda ya kai 5 feet 6 inci (1.70m), kuma mai zurfi.