 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mwedzi mishomanana ndaenda pamudyandigere, Hondo Yenyika I yakatanga. Kirchbach akaitwazve uye akapiwa basa semukuru mukuru weXII Royal Saxon Reserve Corps, chikamu cheSaxon 3rd Army kurudyi rwemauto akapinda muFrance sechikamu cheSchlieffen Plan kurwisa muna Nyamavhuvhu 1914. Akashanda neboka iri paWestern Front mumakore matatu akatevera. Akarwa muna 1914 muHondo Yokutanga yeMarne, muna 1915 muHondo Yokutanga yeChampagne, muna 1916 muhondo yeSomme uye muhondo yePasschendaele paYpres muna 1917. Nokuda kwebasa rake somutungamiri weboka, akashongedzwa nePour le Mérite musi wa 11 August 1916. 