<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I- 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment yayiyiyunithi ye- Regular Army futhi, ngemuva kokuthatha abasebenzi abangaba ngu-500, yahamba yaya eFrance, yafika eLe Havre ngo-21 Agasti 1914, izinsuku ezingu-17 kuphela kusukela ukungena kweBrithani empini, njengengxenye yeBritish Expeditionary Force BEF. Ibutho lajoyina iBrigade yesi-8 ye- 3rd Division ekuqaleni kukaSepthemba 1914, bese lidluliselwa ku-14th Brigade ye-5th Division kamuva ngenyanga. Ibutho lasebenza eWestern Front kuyo yonke impi, laqala ukusebenza ngesikhathi se-  <response>: Impi yaseLa Bassée ngo-Okthoba lapho basiza khona ekuthatheni iGivenchy Ridge, yalandelwa yiMpi Yokuqala yaseYpres, lapho ibutho, ngokufana neningi le-British Regular Army, lalahlekelwa kakhulu. AbaseDevon bokuqala balahlekelwa izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zezikhulu zabo nengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yezinye izikhundla. I-battalion yabe isibamba iqhaza emisebenzini yasebusika ka-1914-1915, ihlala emigodini odakeni olujulile naseqhweni ngaphambi kokuthi, ngo-Ephreli 1915, ihlupheke abantu abangu-200 ekuhlaselweni ngamabhomu kanye nokuhlaselwa kwamaJalimane ngemuva kokubamba iHill 60 ngemuva kokuthunjwa kwayo ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambili. 