 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lark, kufanana navamwe vose vekirasi yeLaforey, akabatana neHarwich Force pakatanga Hondo Yenyika Yokutanga. Musi wa5 Nyamavhuvhu 1914, Third Destroyer Flotilla, yaitungamirirwa ne light cruiser uye yaisanganisira Lark, yakaita tsvakurudzo yekudzivirira maGermany minelayers kana torpedo ngarava kupinda muEnglish Channel. Gare gare mangwanani iwayo, mutungamiri wengarava nengarava dzehanzvadzi vakarayirwa kuti vapfuure nengarava kuti vaongorore, uye vakasangana neGermany minelayer, vachiisa zvimbambaira kubva kuSouthwold pamhenderekedzo yeSuffolk. Ngarava yeGermany yakaedza kutiza kuenda kumvura isina kwayakarerekera, asi yakarwa ndokunyudzwa ne Lance, Landrail uye Amphion. Flotilla yakanga ichidzoka kubva pakutsvaira musi wa 6 August apo yakamhanyira mumunda wemaminera wakaiswa naKönigin Luise. Amphion yakarova chimbambaira ndokutanga kunyura, vashandi vayo vachisiya ngarava, asi vakakandirwa pane chimwe chimbambaira, nemarara kubva pakuputika kwakakonzerwa nekurova Lark kuuraya vaviri vevashandi ve Amphion avo vakanga vachangobva kununurwa pamwe nemusungwa kubva ku Königin Luise. Pamwe chete, 151 vevashandi veAmphion vakaurawa. Musi wa 28 August 1914, Harwich Force, yakatsigirwa ne cruisers dzakareruka uye battlecruisers dzeGrand Fleet, yakaita kurwisavakananga kuHeligoland vaine chinangwa chokuparadza zvikepe zveGermany zvinorwisa zvikepe. Lark yakaumba rutivi rwe 2nd Division yeTatu Flotilla mukati meichi chiito. Lark yakatora rutivi mukurwisa torpedo kurwisa ngarava dzechiGermany dzakareruka, uye, ichishandisa zvombo zvayo zvose zve torpedo uye zvombo zve 4-inch, yaida kuti ikwerete 100 pfuti dzezvombo zve 4-inch kubva ku. 