 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Dzimwe nguva zvinonzi kurongeka kwakashata pakati paSamsonov naRennenkampf panguva yemushandirapamwe kwaive kwakavakirwa pakurwisana kwavo pachavo. Kurwisana uku kunonzi kwakavakirwa pachinoitika chakatevera Hondo yeLiaoyangpanguva yehondo yeRusso-Japanese apo Samsonov akanga apopotedzana pachena naRennenkampf papuratifomu yekumhara yechiteshi chezvitima, uye kuti vaviri vacho vaiva vavengi veupenyu hwose. Zvisinei, manyuko apakuvamba enhau iyi anorangarirwa kuva Max Hoffmann, panguva iyoyo mukuru mukuru muuto reGermany rechisere. Kutaura kwake kwokuziva kwokutanga kwokusawirirana kunopokanidzwa nokukuvadzwa kwaRennenkampff panguva iyoyo. Hoffman anoita seakasimudzira nyaya iyi panguva dzekuronga, achitsigira nharo yake yekuti Rennenkampf haazouya kuzobatsira Samsonov. Akataura kuti mauto eGermany Eighth akanga akasununguka kushandisa masimba ayo ose mukurwisa mauto eRussia Second Army kumaodzanyemba kwavo, pasina kutya kwekurwisa kubva kumashure kwavo neRussia First Army. 