As the Austrian Fourth Army tried to close its encirclement of the Russian Fifth Army, the Russian responded with a series of sharp counter-attacks. FML Johan Nikic of 41st Honvéd Infantry Division had apparently remembered that his unit included its own artillery and deployed the guns against a potential Russian attack. When the Russians advanced, the Hungarians were ready.

The Russians made some headway against the 19th Infantry Division, but resistance stiffened and flanking fire from the Honvéd artillery – previously little-engaged – inflicted heavy casualties on the attackers. This would be one of the few actions in Galicia where the Austro-Hungarian artillery proved a major factor on the battlefield.