 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva muna 1911 kusvika muna 1913, akatungamirira Second Army Corps. Akatumirwa kunochengeterwa muna 1913, akayeuchidzwa kubasa rinoshanda pakupinda kweRomania muHondo Yenyika I, achiraira Hondo Yechipiri panguva yeHondo yeTransylvania, kubva musi wa25 August kusvika musi wa25 September 1916. Zvadaro, kubva muna 1916 kusvika muna 1917, Crăiniceanu aiva mukuru mukuru wemauto. Mwanakomana wake, Lieutenant colonel, anonzi akanyoreswa neGerman secret service apo aive Romanian military attaché muVienna 19141916 uye akaurayiwa nekuda kwekupandukira muna Kubvumbi 1917 mushure mekunge aedza kupandukira maGerman, sechikamu chechirongwa chakarongwa naColonel, mwanakomana weaimbova mutungamiriri wehurumende Dimitrie Sturdza. 