 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi wa28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, mugari wenhaka yechigaro choumambo cheAustria-Hungary, akaurayiwa muSarajevo; kuurayiwa uku kwakaita kuti pave neCrisis yaJuly uye pakupedzisira Hondo Yenyika Yokutanga, iyo yakatanga papera mwedzi mumwe chete musi wa28 July. Ngarava yehondo yeGermany, iyo yakanga yagoverwa kuMediterranean Division, yakatsvaka kudzivirirwa kweAustro-Hungarian fleet, uye saka Admiral Anton Haus akatumira ngarava, kusanganisira Sankt Georg, kumaodzanyemba musi wa7 Nyamavhuvhu kubatsira mubatanidzwa wake weGerman. Mukuru mukuru weGoeben, Admiral Wilhelm Souchon, aida kushandisa danho reAustria-Hungary senzira yokunyengedza yokutsausa Hondo yeMediterranean yeBritain yakanga ichitevera Goeben; Souchon panzvimbo pezvo akatora ngarava yake kuenda kuConstantinople muUmambo hweOttoman. Basa ravo rokunyengera rapedzwa, Sankt Georg uye vamwe vose vaiva mungarava vakadzokera kuchiteshi pasina kurwisana nemauto eBritain. 