 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutungamira kweHondo Yenyika Yekutanga NVR yakaiswa pane imwe nzvimbo yechiuto, nemukuru wenguva dzose akagadzwa semubatsiri. Bumbiro reVanozvipira rakashandurwa muna 1914 uye chinodikanwa chorudzi chakabviswa. Kuedza kwakaitwa kupa rovedzo kunhengo dzeNVR muzvombo zvemazuva ano zvechiuto, kuongorora uye kukurukurirana. Yunifomu yeKhaki yakaunzwawo. Pakatanga hondo boka racho rakakurumidza kukura kubva pavarume 143 kusvika pavanenge 200. Nhengo dzechikwata ichi dzakapinda mukurwiswa kwakaitwa ngarava yeGerman Hermann von Wissmann paSphinx Hafen musi wa13 Nyamavhuvhu 1914, chiitiko chekutanga chehondo. Chikwata ichi chakarwawo musi wa9 Gunyana muhondo yeKaronga ichikunda mauto eGerman akatumirwa kuchamhembe kweNyasaland. NVR neKings African Rifles KAR vakabatanidzwa mukudzvinyirira kumukira kweChilembwe muna Ndira 1915mukurwisana nokutonga kweBritain muNyasaland. NVR yakabatanidzwa mukurwiswa kwekupomerwa uye kuurayiwa kwevanhu vanofungidzirwa kuti vapanduki. 