 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Schlesien akashanda neHigh Seas Fleet mukati memakore maviri okutanga ehondo. Pakatanga hondo, ngarava yacho yakaendeswa kunochengetedza German Bight. Ipapo akabatanazve neHigh Seas Fleet kutsigira hondo dzehondo dzakarwisa Scarborough, Hartlepool, uye Whitby musi wa15-16 Zvita 1914. Mukati mokushanda, ngarava dzehondo dzeGermany dze 12 dzinotyisa uye 8 pre-dreadnoughts dzakasvika mukati meuto rakaparadzaniswa revatasvi vatanhatu veBritain. Kukakavadzana pakati pemidziyo inopikisa kwakapwisa Admiral Friedrich von Ingenohl kuti akanga atarisana neGrand Fleet yose, uye saka akaparadza kubatanidzwa ndokudzokera kumusha. Kufambira mberi kwezvikepe zviviri zvisina zvibereko kwakatevera musi wa 17-18 na 21-23 April 1915. Imwe yakatevera pana 17-18 May, uye imwe pana 23-24 October. Muna March 1916, Schlesien yakashandiswa sechikepe chinorwisa U-boats. Pana 24-25 April, Schlesien nehanzvadzi dzake vakabatana neDreadnoughts yeHigh Seas Fleet kutsigira hondo dzehondo dzeI Scouting Group pakurwisa mhenderekedzo yeEngland. Ari munzira kuenda kunharidzano, ngarava yehondo yakakuvadzwa nomunda. Ngarava dzehondo dzakanga dzasara dzakarova zviteshi zveYarmouth neLowestoft kwenguva pfupi. Chinangwa chacho chakanga chisingaoneki zvakanaka, naizvozvo basa racho rakakurumidza kubviswa ngarava dzeBritain dzisati dzapindira. Kudzidzira kwechikwata muBaltic kwakatevera kubva 11 kusvika 22 May. 