 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pamakore maviri paLiegnitz, Ravenstein akachinjirwa ku155th Infantry Regiment somukuru mukuru webattalion. Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika I, chikwata chake chakapinda muBelgium uye akarwa muHondo yeLongwymusi waAugust 22, 1914. Gare gare akaona chiito muHondo yeVerdun. Muna 1915 akasimudzirwa kuva oberleutnant uye nokukurumidza akanga achiraira kambani muregiment yake. Kunze kwenguva dzezororo, akashanda nguva dzose kuWestern Front muhondo yose. Akakumbira Elisabeth muna 1917 ndokuroora pakutanga kwegore rakatevera paakanga ari pazororo. 