<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 1st Battalion yaiva chikwata cheRegular Army chaiva muColchester pakatanga hondo muna August 1914. Bhatani racho rakagoverwa ku11th Brigade, 4th Division. Nechikamu ichi, battalion yakabatana neBritish Expeditionary Force uye yakatumirwa mhiri kwemakungwa kuFrance muna Nyamavhuvhu 1914, ichisvika kuLe Havre musi wa23 Nyamavhuvhu. 1st Battalion yakaona hondo yayo yokutanga kurwisa Mauto eGermany pa  <response>: Le Cateau. Bhatani racho rakashanda kuWestern Front kwehondo yose, richipinda muhondo dzakawanda muna 1914 chete dzakadai seHondo Yokutanga yeMarne, Hondo Yokutanga yeAisne, uye Hondo yeMessines. Muna 1914, paZuva reKrisimasi, varume ve1st Battalion vakapinda muKrisimasi Truce ine mukurumbira ya1914 apo varwi veBritain neveGermany vakabatana munyika yevanhu vose. Muna 1915, battalion yacho yakabatanidzwa muHondo yechipiri yeYpres, yakakurumbira nokuda kwokushandiswa kwegasi rine chepfu. Muna 1916 vakarwa paAlbert neLe Transloy, iyo yakanga iri chikamu chekurwisa kukuru kweSomme. 