 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mechiitiko ichocho 1st Army pasi paPuhallo yakatora mabhiriji eSandomierz neTarlo-Jozefow, yakagadzwa kuve chikamu cheBohm-Ermolli Army Group kwehafu yekutanga ya1916. Yakaendeswa kunharaunda yerwizi rweBug uye yaive chikamu cheArmy Group Linsingen, pasi pekutungamira kwaAugust von Mackensen, asi yakaona chiito chidiki kusvika kumagumo kweRussian Great Retreat, panguva iyo mitsara yepamberi yakava yakamira. Muzhizha ra1916, Puhallo ne1st Army vakamanikidzwa kuti vabve panguva yeBrusilov Offensive, uye maererano nevakuru vakuru, yaimbova 1st army yakanga iri mukufamba kwezviitiko yakaparadzwa nekuda kwekukosha uye zvishoma nezvishoma yakakamurwa pakati pemauto akavakidzana, mahofisi makuru nekudaro achiva asina basa uye akapera. MunaAugust, zvisinei, 1st Army yakaumbwa zvakare, panguva ino pasi peGeneral of the Infantry Arthur Arz von Straussenburg. Romania yakapindawo muhondo mumwedzi iwoyo, uye 1st Army yakagadziridzwa pasi peStraussenburg yakakwanisa kudzivisa kurwisa kweRomaniamuTransylvania musi wa28 August, pasinei zvapo nokushayikwa kwenhamba. Rakaramba richirwa pamwe chete ne9th German Army, pamwe nemauto eBulgaria neOttoman, mumwedzi yakati wandei yakatevera sezvo maCentral Powers akapinda muRomania chaiwo ndokutora chikamu chikuru chayo. Munguva iyoyo yakanga iri pasi peArmy Group Archduke Karl. Apo Archduke akava Mambo Karl I weAustria-Hungary muna November, akagadza Straussenburg kuti atsive Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf somukuru mukuru wehurumende. 