 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yokutanga, Ivanov akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru weSouthwestern Front. Pakutanga, iye pamwe chete nomukuru mukuru akwegura von Saltza vakatambura kukundwa kuduku paKrasnik, asi budiriro yakauya pashure apo vaRussia vakabudirira kupinda muAustria Galicia, nevakafa vokuRussia vanenge 200 000, vokuAustria vane vanenge vakakuvadzwa zvakapetwa kaviri, kubatanidza zviuru zvevasungwa vehondo. Nokuda kwekubudirira kukuru pamberi, akapiwa Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class nemapakatwa, uye Order of St. George yechipiri degree, kuva vatatu vevakuru vakuru chete vakapiwa chiremerera ichi chakakwirira, vamwe vakuru vakuru vaviri vari General Nikolai Ruzsky naNikolai Yudenich. Munguva yehondo paRwizi rweVistula, iye nemauto ake eSouthwestern Front 4th Army ne9th Army, pamwe nemukuru mukuru weNorthwestern Front General Ruzsky nemauto ake 2nd Army ne5th Army kubva kuNorth. Mumwedzi mumwe chete, mauto aGeneral Ivanov naGeneral Ruzsky akabudirira kudzosera mberi kweGermany, achitora makiromita anenge zana enyika. Gare gare, General Ivanov akarayira basa rakananga kuKraków, rakabudirira pakutanga, asi gare gare akarayirwa kuti adzokere, achigumisa kubudirira kwekutanga. 