 Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika I muna August 1914, ngarava nhatu dzaiva mumvura dzeFrance dzakanzi dzidzivirire ngarava dzeAllied muEnglish Channel uye dzitsigire kurwiswa kweGermany apo Condé yakanzi itange kutsvaka vatengesi vokuGermany kumadokero kweAtlantic. Apo dziviriro dzeChannel dzakapedzwa muna 1915, hanzvadzi dzakapedza nguva zhinji yehondo yakasara dzichifambisa Atlantic kana pamabasa ekuperekedza mafambiro akavakirwa muFrance kana kuWest Indies. Amiral Aube akatumirwa kuEastern Mediterranean mukupera kwa1915 kwaakafambisa mhenderekedzo yegungwa yeOttoman-inodzorwa nenharaunda, asi akadzokera kuFrance kutanga kwa1916. Ngarava yacho yakatumirwa kuMurmansk mukuvamba kwa1918 kunotsigira mauto eAllied apo akapindira muHondo yeVanhu veRussia. Achidzokera kumusha muna Gumiguru, akabatana nehanzvadzi dzake muAtlantic Division , yakavakirwa muWest Indies, mukutanga kwa1919. 