Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1914, ya kuma umurci wani kamfani a Flanders, inda ya sami Iron Cross. A shekara ta 1916, ya shiga cikin yakin Turtucaia
a lokacin yakin basasa na Romania, kuma an ci gaba da shi a matsayin babban jami'in a 1917.