<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - I- 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment yayiyiyunithi ye-Regular Army futhi, ngemuva kokuthola abasebenzi abangaba ngu-500, yahamba yaya eFrance, yafika eLe Havre ngo-21 Agasti 1914, izinsuku eziyi-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 seMpi yaseLa Bassée  <response>: ngo-Okthoba lapho asiza khona ekubanjweni kweGivenchy Ridge, kwalandelwa 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 i-Hill 60 ngemuva kokuthunjwa kwayo ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambili. 