 Nguva pfupi Hondo Yenyika I isati yatanga, Farnana aigara muBelgium. Belgium payakapambwa neGermany muna 1914Farnana akanyoresa muuto reBelgian. Akashanda neKorps der Congolese Vrijwilligers Congolese Volunteers Corps panguva yeKukombwa kweNamur. Musi wa 23 August 1914 akabatwa mujeri muLiège ndokuendeswa kuGermany kwaakapedza nguva yasara yehondo. Mushure mokusunungurwa kwake, akatanga sangano rinozivikanwa se The Defenders of the Congo, kuti atsigire zvido zvevamwe varwi veCongo vehondo. 