<prompt> Ukugcina umyalo ophakeme waseJalimane unolwazi, ngo-September 8 uSpee wathumela i-Nürnberg eHonolulu ukuba ithumele umyalezo emazweni angathathi hlangothi. INürnberg yabuya nezindaba zokuthunjwa kweSamoa YaseJalimane  <response>: , okwenzeka ngo-29 Agasti. I-Scharnhorst ne-Gneisenau zahamba ngomkhumbi ziya e-Apia ukuze zihlole isimo. USpee wayethemba ukuthi uzobamba umkhumbi wempi waseBrithani noma wase-Australia ngokuzumayo, kodwa lapho efika ngo-September 14, akazange athole umkhumbi wempi ethekwini. USpe wanquma ukungayihlaseli imikhosi yamaZwe ahlangene esogwini, ngoba ukwenza kanjalo kwakuzobeka engozini yokubulala abantu baseSamoa nokulimaza impahla yaseJalimane. Ngo-September 22, i- Scharnhorst kanye nalo lonke i-East Asia Squadron bafika ekoloni laseFrance lasePapeete. AmaJalimane ahlasela leli koloni, futhi eMpini yasePapeete eyalandela, acwilisa isikebhe saseFrance i-Zélée. Le mikhumbi yayishaywa amabutho aseFrance asogwini kodwa ayilimalanga. Ukwesaba izimayini echwebeni kwavimbela uSpee ukuba athathe amalahle echwebeni. USpee wabe eseqhubeka ewela iPacific, edlula eziQhingini zaseMarquesas, lapho imikhumbi yakhe yayithola khona izinto zokudla kuhlanganise nenyama entsha ngokuthengiselana, ngokuthenga, noma ngokuthumba. Ngo-Okthoba 12, leli qembu lafika e-Easter Island, lapho laqiniswa khona yi- Leipzig,, nezinye izimboni ezine. Imikhumbi kaSpee yayingasogwini lwaseChile ngoNovemba 1, lapho ezwa ukuthi umkhumbi wamaBrithani wawuboshelwe eCoronel, kubonakala sengathi uwedwa; wanquma ukuzama ukucwilisa umkhumbi. 