<prompt> Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuchengeta mukuru mukuru weGermany aziviswe, musi wa 8 September Spee akatumira Nürnberg kuHonolulu kuti atumire shoko kuburikidza nenyika dzisina kwazvakarerekera. Nürnberg yakadzoka nemashoko okutorwa kweGermany neAllied kweGerman Samoa  <response>: , iyo yakaitika 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. Musi waSeptember 22, Scharnhorst uye vamwe vose veEast Asia Squadron vakasvika kukoloni yeFrance yePapeete. VaGermany vakarwisa nyika yacho, uye muhondo yakazotevera yePapeete, vakanyudza ngarava yokuFrance yainzi Zélée. Ngarava dzacho dzakapfurwa nemabhatiri eFrance aiva pamhenderekedzo yegungwa asi hadzina kukuvara. Kutya migodhi yaiva pachiteshi chengarava kwakatadzisa Spee kupinda muchiteshi chengarava kuti atore marasha, ayo vaFrance vakanga vapisa. 