<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuti urambe uchizivisa vakuru vakuru veGermany, musi wa8 September Spee akatumira Nürnberg kuHonolulu kuti atumire shoko kuburikidza nenyika dzisina kwazvakarerekera. Nürnberg yakadzoka namashoko e  <response>: Kubatwa kweGerman Samoa neAllies, kwakaitika musi wa29 Nyamavhuvhu. Scharnhorst uye Gneisenau vakaenda kuApia kunonzvera mamiriro acho ezvinhu. Spee akanga achitarisira kubata ngarava yehondo yeBritain kana yeAustralia nokukurumidza, asi paakasvika pa 14 September, haana kuwana ngarava dzehondo pachiteshi. Spee akasarudza kusarwisa mauto eAllied pamhenderekedzo yegungwa, sezvo kuita kudaro kwaizova nengozi yokuuraya vaSamoa uye kukuvadza zvinhu zveGermany. Musi waSeptember 22, Scharnhorst uye vamwe vose veEast Asia Squadron vakasvika kukoloni yeFrance yePapeete. VaGerman vakarwisa nyika yacho, uye muhondo yakazotevera yePapeete, vakanyudza chikepe chehondo cheFrance chainzi Zélée. Ngarava dzacho dzakapfurwa nemabhatiri eFrance aiva pamhenderekedzo yegungwa asi hadzina kukuvara. Kutya migodhi yaiva pachiteshi chengarava kwakatadzisa Spee kutora marasha aiva pachiteshi chengarava. Spee akabva apfuurira kuyambuka Pacific, achipfuura neMarquesas Islands, uko ngarava dzake dzaiwana zvinhu zvaisanganisira nyama nyowani nokuchinjana, kutenga, kana kuti kutorerwa. Musi wa 12 Gumiguru, squadron yakasvika Easter Island, uko yakasimbiswa ne Leipzig,, uye mamwe mana makorari. Ngarava dzaSpee dzakanga dzisati dzaenda kumahombekombe eChile musi wa1 November, paakadzidza kuti ngarava yokuBritain yakanga yakamira muCoronel, ichiita seyakanga iri yoga; akasarudza kuedza kunyudza ngarava yacho. 