Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da aka fara yaki da Jamus a shekara ta 1914, an tura Hussars na 4 a matsayin wani ɓangare na Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Birtaniya (BEF) ta hanyar zuwa Dublin don shiga Faransa. Rundunar ta yi tafiya tare da dawakai a cikin jirgin SS "Atlantian", wanda ya isa Le Havre a ranar 15 ga Agusta, 1914. Hussars na 4 sun kasance wani ɓangare na Brigade na 3 na Cavalry wanda Brigadier Janar Hubert Gough ya umurce shi, kuma da sauri ya shiga cikin Yaƙin da kuma komawa baya daga Mons. A lokacin wadannan ayyukan kwamandan kwamandan, Lieutenant Colonel Ian Hogg, ya mutu daga raunuka da aka samu a wani mataki na baya a ranar 1 ga Satumba. Howell ya dauki umurnin 4th Hussars ta hanyar yakin Le Cateau
, har sai da aka sauya shi ta hanyar nadin Laftanar Kanar Tom Bridges a ranar 27 ga Satumba. Koyaya, nadin Bridges ya ɗauki kwanaki uku, kafin a ɗaukaka shi zuwa janar janar kuma aka aika shi ya zama babban mai ba da shawara ga Sarki na Belgium. Howell ya ci gaba da umurnin 4th Hussars, wanda aka ci gaba da zama Laftanar Kanar a ranar 18 ga Oktoba. Ya jagoranci 4th Hussars a duk sauran ci gaba na Farko na Farko na Marne, sa'an nan kuma a cikin watanni goma masu zuwa ta hanyar kisan kai na farko na Ypres, Hill 60, da Neuve Chappelle.