<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ekuqaleni kweMpi Yezwe Yokuqala, uWitzleben wakhonza njengomphathi webrigade ku-19th Reserve Infantry Brigade ngaphambi kokukhushulwa waba nguHauptmann kanye nomphathi wenkampani ku-Reserve Infantry Regiment No.6 ngo-Okthoba 1914. Kamuva, kulelo butho, waba umkhuzi webutho. Iyunithi yakhe yalwa e-Verdun, eShampanini  <response>: esifundeni naseFlanders, phakathi kwezinye izindawo. Walimala kakhulu futhi wanikezwa i-Iron Cross, kokubili isigaba sokuqala nesesibili. Ngemuva kwalokho, wathunyelwa ekuqeqeshweni kwabasebenzi jikelele futhi wabona ukuphela kwempi njengoNdunankulu Wokuqala Wezisebenzi Jikelele weDivision 121. 