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. A ranar 22 ga Satumba, "Scharnhorst" da sauran rundunar Sojan Asiya ta Gabas sun isa yankin Faransa na Papeete. Jamusawa sun kai farmaki kan mulkin mallaka, kuma a cikin yaƙin da ya biyo baya na Papeete, 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.