 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika I, Árpád akaendeswa kuVIV Division yeAustro-Hungarian Navy mushure mekutanga kwezvitsva zvitsva zvakauya mubasa. Panenge panguva imwe cheteyo, Árpád, ngarava dzake dzehanzvadzi uye uye zvakasara zveAustro-Hungarian Navy zvakaunganidzwa kuti zvitsigire kubhururuka kwa1914 uye kubva musi wa28 Chikunguru kusvika 10 Nyamavhuvhu 1914. Ngarava mbiri dzeGermany dzakanga dzakamiswa muMediterranean uye dzakanga dzichiedza kubuda muMessina Strait, iyo yakanga yakakomberedzwa nengarava dzeBritain. Pashure pokubuda, ngarava dzeGermany dzakaronga kuenda kuTurkey. Pashure pokunge vaGermany vabudirira kubuda muMessina, uto rehondo reAustria-Hungary rakadzoswa. Panguva iyoyo zvikepe zvacho zvakanga zvaenda kure kumaodzanyemba kusvika kuBrindisi kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kwemhenderekedzo yeItaly. Pashure pokunge Italy yapinda muhondo ichitsigira France neGreat Britain, mauto ehondo eAustria neHungary akarwisa maguta akawanda ezviteshi zvengarava zveItaly aiva pamhenderekedzo yeAdriatic. Árpád akabatanidzwa muBombardment yeAnconamusi wa23 May 1915. 