 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna August 1914, pakatanga Hondo Yenyika I, mauto eRussia akakunda mauto eAustria neHungary muhondo dzokutanga ndokupfuurira nokukurumidza kupinda muGalicia. Nhare yePrzemyśl yakaita basa rayo zvinobudirira zvikuru, ichibatsira kumisa uto reRussia rine vanhu 300 000 raifamba richipinda muCarpathian Passes neKraków, guta guru redunhu reLesser Poland. Kukombwa kwokutanga kwakabviswa nokufambira mberi kwenguva pfupi kweAustria-Hungary. Zvisinei, uto reRussia rakatangazve kufambira mberi kwaro ndokutanga kukomba kwechipiri nhare yePrzemyślmuna October 1914. Nguva ino kuedza kubetsera kwakanga kusina kubudirira. Nemhaka yokushayikwa kwezvokudya uye kuneta kwevadziviriri vayo, nhare yakapa musi wa 22 March 1915. VaRussia vakatora vasungwa 126 000 nezvombo zvikuru 700. Vasati vazviisa pasi, kuparadzwa kwakakwana kwezvisimbiso zvose kwakaitwa. VaRussia havana kuramba vari muPrzemyśl. Kurwisa kutsva kweCentral Powers kwakadzorera nhare yakaparadzwa musi wa 3 Chikumi 1915. Mukurwisana kwakapoteredza Przemyśl, mativi ose akarasikirwa navanhu vanosvika 115 000 vakaurayiwa, vakakuvadzwa, uye vakashaika. 