Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Akuhata 1914, i te timatanga o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, i whakawhiwhia a Bahrfeldt ki te rangatira o te 19th Reserve Division, he waahanga o te X. Reserve Corps me te 2nd Army. I hopukina e ia
Charleroi i te Akuhata 22, 1914 a, i whakapaehia e nga Allies mo nga mahi kino i Charleroi, i te 1925 i whakawakia ia ki te mate "in absentia" e tetahi kooti Belgian. I uru tana wehenga ki te Pakanga o St. Quentin me te Pakanga o te Marne i muri mai. I whawhai ia i te Pakanga Tuatahi o Champagne a i te Pipiri 1915 i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te whakahau o te 10th Reserve Division ka whakatairangahia ki a General der Infanterie. I arahina e ia tana wehenga ki te Pakanga o Verdun, a, i whakakorehia ia i te ope taua i te Paenga-whāwhā 1916.