<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. 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 angene echwebeni ukuze athathe amalahle, amaFulentshi ayewashisile. 