 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo Yenyika I payakatanga, Agricola akaendeswa kuhondo pamwe chete neboka rake remauto, mazuva mashomanana baba vake vafa. Agricola akashanda zvikurukuru kuMadokero front, uye kunyange zvazvo asina kumbowana mutungamiri wemauto muhondo yose basa revashandi chete, izvi zvakaratidza kuti akanga akafanirwa nebasa rinoshuva kupfuura vazhinji vevamwe vake vakuru veuto; akava Adjutant webato mu regiment yake musi wa 2 August 1914, akapinda muhondo yeMarneMuna September akasimudzirwa kuva Oberleutnant First Lieutenant muna December. Mukutanga kwaJanuary 1915 akashanda seRegimental Adjutant we prewar regiment yake kusvika muna Nyamavhuvhu 1916, paakakwidziridzwa kwenguva pfupi kuva Brigade Adjutant. Muchinzvimbo ichocho, akaona chiito paHondo yeSomme, uko akazviratidza kakawanda. Musi wa 9 Ndira 1917 akaendeswa kuvashandi ve219th 10th Royal Saxon Infantry Division, achitora chikamu chakanyarara chepamberi muLorraine. Mavhiki mashomanana gare gare, musi wa27 Ndira, akasimudzirwa kuva Hauptmann Kaputeni uye mazuva mana gare gare, Mambo wekupedzisira weSaxony, Frederick Augustus III, akamupa imwe yemakwikwi epamusoro eSaxony, Military Order yeSt. Henry, mukucherechedza maitiro ake panguva yehondo yeSomme gore rakapfuura. Akagamuchira basa rake rokupedzisira munguva yehondo musi wa 25 May 1917, paakaendeswa kune vashandi veXII 1st Royal Saxon Corps. 