 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - 4th Black Watch yakatumirwa kuFrance muna 1915, uye mugore iroro yakabatanidzwa muhondo dzeAubers Ridge, Neuve Chapelleuye Loos. Munguva yaakarwa, Lee akatumira mifananidzo nenhetembo kumusha kuScotland uye akazozivikanwa seThe Black Watch Poet. Nhetembo idzi pakupedzisira dzakaunganidzwa mumabhuku maviri enhetembo, Ballads of Battle uye Work-a-Day Warriors. Muna 1917 akawana komisheni semutevedzeri wechipiri mu10th Battalion yeKings Royal Rifle Corps. Gare gare gore iroro akanzi akanga asipo muhondo. Kutaura idi Lee akanga abatwa ndokuva musungwa wehondo muGermany uko akachengetwa mumisasa paKarlsruhe neBeeskow. Mukati mokusungwa kwake, Lee akachengeta manyoro umo akabatanidza mifananidzo nezvimwe zvinhu. Zvinyorwa izvi zvakashandurwa kuva A Captive in Carlsruhe, bhuku rakanyora nguva yake semusungwa wehondo rakabudiswa muna 1920. 