I te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, Von der Tannud i mahi hei kaipuke rangatira mo te 3rd Admiral of Reconnaissance Forces, Konteradmiral Tapken. I tukuna te kaipuke ki te I Scouting Group of the High Seas Fleet, i raro i te whakahau a Rear Admiral Franz Hipper. Ko te haerenga nui tuatahi a Von der Tannud i te pakanga i puta i te wa i uru ai te kaipuke ki te rapu angitu mo nga kaipuke whawhai o Ingarangi, i muri i te Pakanga o Heligoland Bight, i te tau 1914. I te marama o Akuhata o te Pakanga o Heligoland Bight, i tu a Von der Tannud i Wilhelmshaven Roads, a i whakahaua ia ki te whakaara i te paowa i te 08:20, ki te awhina i nga kaipuke rererangi Tiamana Tiamana i raro i te Heligoland Bight. I te 14:00:05, i tono a Hipper ki te I Scouting Group o te High Seas Fleet, i raro i te whakahau a Rear Admiral Tannud i te 14:30:05, i te
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