The Austrian XVII Corps had not yet arrived on the battlefield when fighting broke out on the 26th, and its divisions spent the next day marching rapidly to join the fighting. When his 19th Infantry Division fell into line on the right flank of the battered VI Corps, FML Karl Lukas heard the sound of cannon fire to the west, where the Austrian VI Corps fought the Russian V Corps. Not waiting for orders, Lukas directed his troops to march to the sound of the guns.

After hours of hard fighting, the oncoming Austrian division blunted the advance of the just-arrived Russian XVII Corps (confusingly, the opposing Austrian and Russian formations bore the same number). Though costly, like all Austrian attacks in this campaign, Lukas’ prompt response kept the Russian XVII and V Corps from linking up and opened the way for the encirclement Auffenberg hoped to accomplish.