Survivors of the destroyed 30th Infantry Brigade collected themselves around the village of Pukarzów, where they were soon beset by further Russian attacks. Gunners from the 17th Field Cannon Regiment unlimbered their inadequate steel-bronze guns in the front lines to fight the oncoming Russian infantry at point-blank range. Corps commander Svetozar Boroević ordered Col. Karl Bardolff of 29th Infantry Brigade to take command of the division and rescue the remnants.

While the Austrian attack pushed the Russians back, it failed to break through to the remnants fighting in and around Pukarzów. The gunners fought their pieces until overrun, allowing many of the infantrymen to escape singly or in small groups, but no organized units made it out of the cauldron. The artillerymen fired all of their ammunition and lost 25 guns, 17 officers and 486 men. The 17th Field Cannon Regiment had performed its duty.