Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Don ci gaba da sanar da babban kwamandan Jamus, a ranar 8 ga Satumba Spee ya tura "Nürnberg" zuwa Honolulu don aikawa ta hanyar kasashen da ba su da tsaka tsaki. "Nürnberg" ya dawo da labarai na Allied kama Jamus Samoa
, wanda ya faru a ranar 29 ga Agusta. "Scharnhorst" da "Gneisenau" sun tashi zuwa Apia don bincika halin da ake ciki. Spee ya yi fatan kama wani jirgin ruwa na Birtaniya ko Australia ta hanyar mamaki, amma a lokacin da ya isa ranar 14 ga Satumba, bai sami jiragen ruwa a tashar jiragen ruwa ba. Spee ya yanke shawarar kada ya kai hari ga sojojin Allied a bakin teku, tun da yake yin haka zai yi hadarin kashe Samoans da lalata dukiyar Jamus. A ranar 22 ga Satumba, "Scharnhorst" da sauran rundunar Sojan Asiya ta Gabas sun isa yankin Faransa na Papeete. Jamusawa sun kai hari kan mulkin mallaka, kuma a cikin yaƙin Papeete da ya biyo baya, sun nutsar da jirgin ruwan Faransa mai suna "Zélée". Jirgin ruwa sun zo ne a karkashin wuta daga batura na bakin teku na Faransa amma ba a lalace ba. Tsoron ma'adinai a tashar jiragen ruwa ya hana Spee daga kama kwal a tashar jiragen ruwa. Spee ya ci gaba da tafiya a fadin Pacific, ya wuce ta tsibirin Marquesas, inda jiragensa suka sami kayan aiki ciki har da nama mai kyau ta hanyar musayar, saya, ko ƙwace. A ranar 12 ga watan Oktoba, rundunar ta isa Easter Island, inda aka karfafa ta da "Leipzig",, da kuma karin ma'aikata hudu. Jirgin ruwan Spee sun kasance a gabar tekun Chile a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, lokacin da ya sami labarin cewa jirgin ruwa na Burtaniya ya sauka a Coronel, a fili shi kaɗai; ya yanke shawarar ƙoƙarin nutse jirgin.