Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 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. 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 shiga tashar jiragen ruwa don kama kwal, wanda Faransawa suka ƙone.