 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika I musi wa2 Nyamavhuvhu 1914, von Kuhl akava Mukuru weVashandi muuto raGeneral Alexander von Kluck reFirst Army raive divi rerudyi rakakosha pamusuwo unotsvedza muSchlieffen Plan. Kluck akamurangarira somunhu anoshamisa, ane unhu hune simba zvikuru uye ane maonero akafara. Mupfungwa nomumuviri akanga asingavhiringidziki, uye, mukuwedzera kupfungwa dzakakura zvikuru, aiva noushingi hwomunhu oga munhandare yehondo iyo nguva nenguva yaimutsa ngwariro kubva kuMukuru wemauto. Kupfurikidza nokuronga kwavashandi vakangwara vakamanikidza varume vavo 320 000 kupfurikidza nomuganhu wenyika pakati peLiege nomuganhu weDutch. Vachipinda muFrance vakadzosa British Expeditionary Force. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho vakanga vasvika Rwizi rweMarne uye vakanga vachiendesa varume kurutivi rwavo rworudyi kuti vadzivise kurwisa kwechiFrench kwaibva kuParis. Pamusoro peEiffel Tower pavaiona, vaive nechokwadi chekuti kukunda kwakakwana kwakamirira Kunyange zvakadaro vakarayirwa kuti vadzokere kumashure nekuda kwekunetseka pamusoro pekupesana pakati peboka ravo rerudyi neGerman Second Army vachisiya chirongwa cheSchlieffen. Kuhl nguva dzose airamba kuti kudzokera shure kwakanga kuri kuparadza, kukundikana kusiri madikanwa kwetsinga. Akasimudzirwa kuva Generalleutnant musi wa 18 April 1915. Musi wa22 Gunyana mugore rimwe chetero, akava mukuru wevashandi muGeneral Max von Fabecks Twelfth Army, iyo yakachinjirwa kuEastern Front. Zvadaro kutanga musi wa24 Mbudzi 1915 akashanda munzvimbo imwecheteyo muChitanhatu Mauto kuWestern Front, iyo yaitungamirirwa naGeneral Crown Prince Rupprecht weBavaria. Basa raRupprecht risati rava muhondo raiva muuto reBavaria. Nokuda kwebasa rakanaka munguva yeHondo yeSomme Kuhl akagamuchira Pour le Mérite musi wa 28 August 1916. 