To the right of the 1st Kaiserjäger Regiment’s attack, Maj. Gen. Rochard Mayer’s 96th Infantry Brigade had two full regiments of the storied mountain infantry. They reached the shallow Solokija River just after dawn broke, and in the early morning light attacked across it to drive away the Russians on the opposite bank. Alerted by the intense fighting for the woods at Tarnoczyn, the defenders were ready for them.

The Kaiserjäger got across the Solokija but made very little progress beyond the crossing. Well-prepared Russian artillery – a constant nemesis for Austrian infantry attacks – inflicted enormous losses that even the insanely high Tirolean morale could not overcome. The brigade fell back to the river line as the Russians had to retreat later in the day anyway thanks to the collapse of the rest of XVII Corps.