 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kirchheim akapinda muHondo yeHumambo somumiriri webasa musi waMay 1, 1899. Akava Lieutenant neInfanterie-Regiment Prinz Friedrich der Niederlande 2. Westfälisches No. 15 muMinden pana October 18, 1900. Musi waOctober 1, 1904, akachinjirwa kuSchutztruppe yeGerman Southwest Africa, achienda parwendo rwemakore masere rwebasa mukoloni. Muna January 1904, rudzi rwavaHerero rwokuSouthwest Africa rwakamukira utongi hweGermany hwechikoloni pamusoro pokubviswa kweminda yavo nemombe. Gare gare mugore iroro, rudzi rweNamaHottentot rwakasimudzawo zvombo kurwisana navatongi varwo vechikoloni, ruchitanga Hondo dzeHerero. Lieutenant General Lothar von Trotha, Mutungamiriri wemauto weGerman Southwest Africa, akadzvinyirira kupandukira nechisimba chakanyanya, achivimba nehurongwa hwekuchenesa dzinza hunotsigirwa nebasa rekumanikidzirwa, kudzingwa, kuurayiwa kwevasungwa vakawanda uye kushandiswa kwemisasa yevasungwa. VaGermany vakaparadza kupandukira kwokutanga kwa1907 uye muna 1908 vakadzorera chiremera pamusoro penharaunda yacho. Heinrich akawana Order of the Crown Prussia 4th Class with Swords nokuda kwezviito zvake mukurwisana nemarudzi eAfrica anopandukira. Zvisinei, makore 6 chete gare gare, Hondo Yenyika I yakatanga uye kurwa kwacho kwaizopararira kuAfrica. Muna September 1914 mauto eBritain neSouth Africa akapinda munharaunda yacho uye pakazosvika July 1915 vakanga vakunda nharaunda yacho. 