Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A farkon Yaƙin Duniya na Farko, Kirchbach ya kai matsayin Janar na Sojojin Sojoji, ya karɓi iko da I Corps kuma shi ne babban janar a Krakow. Sojojinsa sun ci gaba a gefen hagu na Viktor Dankl von Krasnik's 1st Army a farkon hare-haren da aka kai wa Rasha. A lokacin yakin Agusta I Corps, wanda ke aiki a arewacin Tanew, ya ba da gudummawa sosai ga nasarar a Kraśnik. Lokacin da aka tilasta sojojin Dankl su ja da baya a lokacin
Yaƙin Kogin Vistula a watan Oktoba, rundunarsa ta isa Ivangorod kuma Kirchbach na ɗan lokaci ya karɓi umurnin ƙungiyar sojojin kudu da Vistula. Bayan nasarar nasarar Gorlice<unk>Tarnów Offensive (Mayu 1915) rundunarsa ta kai gabar gabashin Kogin Bug a watan Yunin 1915 da Kogin Ikva kusa da Dubno a watan Agusta 1915.