 Hondo Yenyika Yekutanga inoputika masvondo masere mushure mezviitiko zve Matanho Makumi Matatu Nemapfumbamwe, uye Hannay anobva angobatana neNew Army, uye anokurumidza kupihwa basa rekutungamira pahwaro hwechiitiko chake cheMatebele. Akakuvadzwa pagumbo nomutsipa muHondo yeLoos muna September 1915, panguva iyo akanga asvika pachinzvimbo chaMajor. Greenmantle, kuenderera mberi kweThe Thirty-Nine Steps kunotanga mukupera kwa1915, naHannay muHampshire kwaasvika kuzorora pashure peLoos. Munguva yezviitiko zve Greenmantle, basa rake semusori munguva yehondo Europe neTurkey zvinomupa DSO neCB, zvichiteerana. Pashure peizvi, anodzokera kubasa renguva dzose muuto uye anokurumidza kukwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru. Zvisinei, mukuvamba kwa1917, anodanwazve kuSecret Service kuti atsvake musori ane ngozi weGermany mukati memwedzi inokosha yeHondo Yenyika Yokutanga. Sezvinorondedzerwa muMr Standfast, anosangana ndokudanana naMary Lamington, mukoti muduku akangwara, akanaka uye musori. Gare gare, muna 1918, zvino akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru, anodzokera kumitsetse yapamberi ndokutora rutivi mukurwisana kwokupererwa nezano rose kwakatevera nhamburiko huru, yokupedzisira yavaGermany yokukunda hondo. 