<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ekuqhamukeni kwempi neJalimane ngo-1914, ama-4th Hussars ahlanganiswa njengengxenye yeBritish Expeditionary Force BEF eya eDublin ukuyohlala eFrance. I-regiment yahamba namahhashi ayo emkhunjini i-SS Atlantian, yafika eLe Havre ngo-15 Agasti 1914. Ama-4th Hussars akha ingxenye ye-3rd Cavalry Brigade eyayiholwa nguBrigadier General Hubert Gough, futhi ngokushesha yabandakanyeka eMpini naseMons. Ngalezi zinyathelo isikhulu esiphethe, uLieutenant Colonel Ian Hogg, washona ngenxa yamanxeba atholakele esenzweni sangemuva ngomhlaka 1 Septhemba. U-Howell wathatha umyalo we-4th Hussars ngesikhathi seMpi yaseLe Cateau  <response>: , kwaze kwaba yilapho esuswa ngokuqokwa kuka-Lieutenant Colonel Tom Bridges ngomhlaka 27 Septhemba. Kodwa-ke, ukuqokwa kukaBridges kwathatha izinsuku ezintathu, ngaphambi kokuba akhushulwe abe yi-brigadier general futhi athunyelwe ukuba abe ngumeluleki omkhulu wezempi weNkosi yaseBelgium. U-Howell waqhubeka nokuhola ama-4th Hussars, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-lieutenant colonel ngo-18 Okthoba. Wahola ama-4th Hussars kuyo yonke ingxenye esele yokuqhubekela phambili kweMpi Yokuqala yaseMarne, kwathi ezinyangeni eziyishumi ezalandela ngesikhathi sokubulawa kwabantu emgqeni wokuqala weMpi Ypres, Hill 60, naseNeuve Chappelle. 