The Russian Combined Cavalry Division penetrated into Austrian territory, skirmishing with the 30th Infantry Division and ravaging the supply trains of the 24th Honved Cavalry Brigade. But Austrian formations closed in from all sides, threatening the Russian division with encirclement and destruction. The Russians responded by trying to break out through the lines held by the hussars of FML Emil Ritter von Zeigler's 2nd Cavalry Division, a regular army outfit recruited in western Hungary.

The hussars had dug in and prepared their positions as best they could, but the Austrian cavalry lacked firepower and supporting arms. Where most divisions therefore had infantry battalions attached to make good this deficit, Zeigler's division lacked enough to make a difference and the Russians broke through his lines and escaped at the cost of heavy casualties. The Austrian command counted the engagement a victory, but the opportunity to inflict a serious defeat on the Russians had been lost.