 Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yokutanga muna July 1914, Milne akanga achitungamirira zvombo zvehondo zve4th Division izvo zvaiva chikamu cheBritish Expeditionary Force BEF muFrance. Akarwa paMarneuye Aisne. Akabatana nevakuru vakuru veIII Corps muna Ndira 1915 uye, mushure mekusimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru musi wa 23 Kukadzi 1915, akataura nezvake mumatare ebasa rake panguva yeChipiri Hondo yeYpres. 