On the right flank of Fourth Army, an operational group commanded by Archduke Joseph Ferdinand and consisted of his XIV Corps reinforced with an extra Honvéd division hurried to join the attack after the high command had sent it marching and counter marching to and from Third Army’s front to the east. Until it arrived, the gap between Joseph Ferdinand’s group and the Austrian XVII Corps to its left would have to be covered by Austrian cavalry fighting on foot. Near Posadoro FML Oskar Wittman’s 6th Cavalry Division encountered a mixed force of infantry and Cossacks.

While the Russians pushed the Austrians around, they could not achieve a breakthrough. That didn’t impact Russian plans too greatly, as the parent V Corps was marching westward and did not need to get entangled with the Austrian cavalry. But in this war’s early days, generals on both sides interpreted their orders as commandments to seek out battle wherever it might be offered.