 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolayevich akatsigira hurongwa hwaNikolai Ruzsky hwekupinda muSilesia musi wa14 Mbudzi, neRussia Yechipiri, Yechishanu, uye Yechina Mauto. Mauto eRussia echigumi neekutanga akachengetedza kumanikidza kuEast Prussia, nepo mauto echisere achimanikidza achipfuura neCarpathian, yegumi nerimwe yakakomberedza Przemyśl, uye uto rechitatu rakasvika paKraków. Hindenburg naLudendorff vakanga vaendesa Hondo yeChipfumbamwe yeGermany kunharaunda yeThorn, mukuedza kudzivirira Silesia. Hondo yechipfumbamwe yaive neXI, XVII, uye XX Corps, pamwe ne3rd Guards Infantry Division, uye I Reserve uye XXV Reserve Corps kubva kuEighth Army. Zvikamu zvina zveAustria-Hungary Second Army zvakatora nzvimbo dzekare dzeGerman Ninth Army, zvasara zveChipiri Mauto mauto zvakabva zvauya pasi pekutungamira kweAustria-Hungary Third Army. MaGermany akanga aisa zvikamu gumi nezvishanu zvevarwi, uye zvikamu zvishanu zvevatasvi vemabhiza, pasi peMackensens Ninth Army mukufamba kwayo pa Łódź. Zvisinei, kufambira mberi kweGermany kwakanga kwakatarisana namapoka 24 evarwi vokuRussia namapoka 8 evarwi. Scheidemanns Russian Second Army yakaiswa pedyo ne Łódź, ne IV, I uye XXIII Corps paWarta, uye II Corps yake pa Łęczyca. Mauto aRennenkampf eRussia okutanga akaendeswa mberi kumabvazuva, pedyo neVistula. 