Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - "Desaix" na "Kléber" ka emegharịrị na July 1914 ma kenye ha na 3rd Light Division (DL)) nke 2nd Light Squadron nke e nyere ọrụ ịgbachitere English Channel na njikọta na ndị Britain. Ngalaba ahụ nọ na njedebe ọdịda anyanwụ nke ọwa mmiri site na 4 August, ebe ọrụ ha bụ iji gbochie ụgbọ mmiri German ma nye mkpuchi dị anya maka obere ụgbọ mmiri na-eso ndị njem na Channel. Nchebe ka mma na Channel na nkwụsi ike nke ihu na mbido 1915 kwere ka a tọhapụ ndị na-aga agha site na ọrụ ha, yabụ e kenyere "Desaix" na 3rd Squadron mgbe ọ bịarutere n'Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Mediterenian na February 16. E kenyere ndị agha ahụ ọrụ iledo ógbè dị n'agbata Port Said, Egypt, na Alexandretta, Ottoman Syria. E zigara ụgbọ mmiri ahụ na Mee iji nyere ndị agha ụgbọ mmiri nke mbụ aka na Central Mediterranean na ịchọ ụgbọ mmiri German dị nso n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ndị Italiantali. Ọ laghachiri na 3rd Squadron ma nye ya ọrụ iji nyere aka gbochie ụsọ oké osimiri Ottoman dị nso na ókèala Turkey na Syria. N'adịghị ka nwanne ya nwanyị, a kpọfere "Kléber" na Dardanelles iji kwado
Ndị agha Allied na Gallipoli Campaign na May ebe ọ sonyeere Dardanelles Squadron na "Dupleix" ma nye ya ọrụ igbochi ụsọ oké osimiri nke Asia Minor. "Kléber" kụrụ ụgbọ mmiri ndị agha Royal Australian Navy HMT "Boorara" n'Oké Osimiri Aegean na July 17, mebie ihu ya. Mgbe alaeze Bulgaria sonyeere Central Powers n'etiti ọnwa Ọktọba, "Kléber" bụ otu n'ime ụgbọ mmiri ndị e nyere ọrụ ịwakpo ụsọ Oké Osimiri Aegean nke Bulgaria na 21 Ọktọba.