While Austro-Hungarian doctrine called for a relentless offensive, it also instructed commanders to use their artillery to prepare for assaults, a step they had roundly ignored. During the previous night, XVII Corps commander Karl Kritek – replacing Karl Georg Graf von Huyn, who had been fired for “nervousness” – ordered Karl Lukas of 19th Infantry Division to renew his attack on the Russian XVII Corps. In an unusual move for a Habsburg division commander in August 1914, Lukas deployed his artillery to soften up the Russians before sending his infantry forward.

The preliminary bombardment actually seems to have some effect, one of the few times the Austrian artillery contributed during this campaign. The attack drove 3rd Infantry Division back over the Huczwa River, and the Austrians then repulsed multiple Russian counter-attacks. The Russian division had been defeated again, but still retained some will to fight.