 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwehondo neGermany muna 1914, 4th Hussars yakaunganidzwa sechikamu cheBritish Expeditionary Force BEF ichienda kuDublin kunopinda muFrance. Chiremera chacho chakafamba nemabhiza ayo ari mungarava yeSS Atlantian, ichisvika muLe Havre musi wa15 Nyamavhuvhu 1914. 4th Hussars yakaumba chikamu che3rd Cavalry Brigade yaitungamirirwa naBrigadier General Hubert Gough, uye yakakurumidza kubatanidzwa muhondo uye yakatevera kudzoka kubva kuMons. Mukati mezviito izvi mukuru mukuru, Lieutenant Colonel Ian Hogg, akafa nemaronda akagamuchirwa mune rimwe basa rekumashure musi wa 1 Gunyana. Howell akafungidzira kutungamira kwe4th Hussars kuburikidza neHondo yeLe Cateau, kusvikira asunungurwa nekugadzwa kweLieutenant Colonel Tom Bridges musi wa27 Gunyana. Zvisinei, kugadzwa kwaBridges kwakatora mazuva matatu, asati akwidziridzwa kuva brigadier general ndokutumwa kuzova mukuru wechiuto kuna Mambo weBelgium. Howell akadzokazve kutungamira 4th Hussars, achisimudzirwa kuva lieutenant colonel musi wa18 Gumiguru. Akatungamirira 4th Hussars munguva yose yakasara yeHondo Yokutanga yeMarne, uyezve mumwedzi gumi inotevera kuburikidza nemutsara wekutanga wekuuraya kweHondo Yokutanga yeYpres, Hill 60, uye Neuve Chappelle. 