Kammala wannan jumla: Ya karbi umurnin na 14th Infantry division kuma ya yi yaƙi a yakin Mulhouse a tsakiyar watan Agusta 1914. An tura sashinsa zuwa Somme inda ya halarci Yaƙin Proyart-Vauvillers, Yaƙin farko na Marne da Yaƙin farko na Aisne. Saboda kyakkyawan aikinsa, an ba shi mukamin kwamandan rundunar soja ta VII. A ranar 13 ga Maris, 1915, tare da Janar Michel-Joseph Maunoury, an ji masa rauni sosai daga wani dan bindiga na Jamus, amma kasa da wata daya bayan haka, ya sake karɓar umarnin rundunar sojojinsa, wanda ya yi yaƙi da ita a cikin
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