Mgbe Agha Ụwa nke Mbụ malitere n'August 1914, e kenyere Lieutenant Plüschow ọrụ n'Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Eshia Naval Station na Tsingtau, mgbe ahụ akụkụ nke nkwekọrịta German Kiautschou Bay na China. E si n'Alaeze Ukwu Germany bubata ụgbọelu "Taube" abụọ n'ime igbe. Mgbe Plüschow lekwasịrị anya n'ịrụkọ ụgbọelu ndị ahụ ọnụ, ọ malitere ịrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-anya ụgbọelu na onye na-ekiri ihe na-eme n'elu. Ụgbọelu nke abụọ, nke Lt. Friedrich Müllerskowski na-anya, dara n'oge na-adịghị anya, na-ahapụ Plüschow ka ọ na-efe naanị ya. A leghaara ihe ikpeazụ ndị Japan rịọrọ n'August 15 nke chọrọ ka ndị Germany hapụ Kiautschou Bay anya, ụbọchị asatọ ka e mesịrị, Japan kwupụtara agha megide Germany. Mgbe ahụ, ndị agha Japan na ndị agha Britain jikọrọ aka nọchibido ógbè ndị Germany.
Ọ dị mma. Ka ọ na-erule ọnwa Nọvemba nke afọ 1914, ọnọdụ ndị agha na Kiautschou Bay aghọwo ihe a na-apụghị ịnagide, na Nọvemba 6 Plüschow (onye mere njem nlegharị anya ma jiri egbe ya gbutuo ụgbọ elu ndị Japan) nyere iwu ka o jiri "Taube" ya pụọ, na-ebu ozi na akwụkwọ ikpeazụ sitere n'aka gọvanọ. Mgbe Plüschow ji ụgbọelu ya a rụzigharịrị arụzigharị na-agagharị, ọ dabara n'ubi osikapa. Ọ gbara "Taube" ọkụ, ma jiri ụkwụ gawa Germany.