 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Arminius, Cyclop, uye Tiger vakatumira varume kumhenderekedzo yegungwa paBrunshausen, uko vakakwenya pfuti dzechikwata chemapurisa chemahombekombe chakasiiwa. Werner akabva atumira Tiger naWolf kuti vanoputira mabhomba pamuromo peElbe, nepo Cyclop akatumwa kunorwisa bhatiri paGrauerort. Arminius akapinda muElbe musi wa17 June, asi madutu akasimba akamutadzisa kubata chikepe cheNorddeutscher Lloyd chaitakura goridhe reHannover kuenda kuBritain. Mauto ePrussian, achitsigirwa neWerners flotilla, akanga abudirira mukutora masvingo ose makuru aidzivirira Elbe, Weser, uye Ems na22 June, uye mamwe mauto ehondo kubva kuBaltic neGungwa reMediterranean akanga asvika kuti awedzere kusimbisa ngarava dzePrussian. Arminius nedzimwe ngarava pashure pacho dzakafamba-famba pamhenderekedzo yeOstfriesland kuratidza mureza. Pakupera kwemwedzi wacho, uto rePrussia rakanga rakunda zvine mutsindo vaAustria paKöniggrätzuye akagumisa hondo. Kutevera kusainwa kwechibvumirano cherunyararo icho chakagumisa hondo, flotilla yaWerner yakaparadzwa musi wa 23 Nyamavhuvhu uye Arminius akadzokera kuKiel. 