 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokutanga kweHondo Yenyika I muna July 1914, France yakazivisa kuunganidzwa kwavose musi wa 1 August. Zuva rakatevera racho, Admiral Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère akarayira ngarava dzose dzeFrance kuti dzitange kusimudza mhepo nenguva dza 22:15 kuitira kuti ngarava dzibude mangwanani-ngwanani ezuva rakatevera racho. Chikamu chikuru chezvikepe, kusanganisira Division de complément, chakatumirwa kuFrench North Africa, kwavakaperekedza mauto akakosha anotakura mauto eFrance kubva kuNorth Africa kudzokera kuFrance kunopesana nekupinda kweGerman. Mauto eFrance akanga apiwa basa rokudzivirira kurwiswa kwaigona kuitwa nengarava yehondo yeGermany, iyo yakabva yatizira kuUmambo hweOttoman. Sechikamu chebasa rake, Jauréguiberry akatumirwa kuOran, French Algeria musi wa4 Nyamavhuvhu, pamwe chete ne Bouvet, Suffren, uye Gaulois. Iyewo akaperekedza boka ravarwi veIndia raipfuura nomuMediterranean muna September. Kutanga muna December, Jauréguiberry yakamira paBizerte, ichigara ikoko kusvikira February 1915 apo akaenda kuPort Said kuti ave mureza weSyria Division, yakarayirwa naAdmiral Louis Dartige du Fournet. Panguva iyoyo, chikamu chacho chaisanganisira Saint Louis, ngarava yehondo yekudzivirira pamhenderekedzo yegungwa, uye DEntrecasteaux. 