 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekutanga kweHondo Yenyika I muna Chikunguru 1914, Rupprecht akatora rairo 2 Nyamavhuvhu 1914 yeGerman Sixth Army muLorraine. Nepo vazhinji veuto reGermany vakapinda muchirongwa cheSchlieffen, Muchinda weCrown akatungamira mauto ake muHondo yeLorraineAugust 14 kusvika ku25, 1914. Kusarudzwa kwake kuti atungamirire Sixth Army kwakauya somugumisiro wechinzvimbo chake choumambo, asi mwero wezvidzidzo zvaakanga aita asati atora mutungamiri waiva chinhu chiri shure kwekutungamira kwake kubudirira kweChitanhatu Army, uye akaratidza mutungamiri anokwanisa zvikuru. Hondo yaRupprecht yakapa nzira kurwisa kweFrance muna Nyamavhuvhu 1914, muHondo yeLorraine, ndokuzotanga kurwisa musi wa20 Nyamavhuvhu. Rupprecht akakundikana kuputsa mitsetse yeFrance. Kutaura idi iye akarayirwa neGerman General Staff kuti agare bedzi mauto eFrance munharaunda iyoyo. Yakanga iri pfungwa yake kurwisa zvine simba zvikuru. Gare gare akatungamirira 6th Army muNorthern France kusvika munaAugust 1916, uye akaramba ari kuWestern Front munguva yekusagadzikana kwaizotora kusvika pakuguma kwehondo. Mazuva mashomanana bedzi pashure pehondo, mwanakomana wake mukuru, Luitpold, akafa neporiyo muMunich 27 August 1914. 