<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ezingxenyeni zokuqala zeMpi Yezwe Yokuqala uPeniķis wakhonza njengomphathi wenkampani eGalicia nasezimpi ezungeze iKrakov. Walimala ngo-December 1914. Ngo-1915 wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba u-colonel futhi wabamba iqhaza ezimpini eBelorussia. Ekwindla ka-1916 wadluliselwa emaqenjini aseLatvia Rifleman futhi waba ngumkhuzi we-2nd Riga Latvian Rifleman Regiment. Wahola ibutho lakhe eMpini kaKhisimusi  <response>: futhi eMpini yaseJugla ekwindla ka-1917. Ngemuva kwe-October Revolution, uPeniķis washiya ibutho futhi wahlala eVidzeme eyayibuswa amaJalimane, lapho aboshwa khona. Wakhululwa ngo-November 1918. 