 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yokupinda kweGermany muBelgium, Van Overstraeten aiva rutivi rwomutsara wokutanga muLiège. Akatora rutivi muHondo yeHalen, kukombwa kweAntwerp, uye Mujaho weGungwa. Muna 1916, akaenda kuBelgian Congo semuzvipiri uye akapinda muhondo yeTaborapasi paGeneral Charles Tombeur muGerman East Africa. 