Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Yulin 1914, tare da fadada sojojin Rasha yayin tattara, Brusilov ya sami ci gaba don ya jagoranci rundunar soja ta 8, wani bangare na Kudu maso Yammacin da ke aiki a Galicia. Sojoji na 8 sun murkushe
Sojojin Austro-Hungary a gabanta, kuma sun ci gaba da sauri kusan. Komawa a wasu wurare a gaba, ciki har da babban rashin nasara a Tannenberg, ya tilasta rundunar soja ta 8 ta yi ritaya daidai da janyewar Rasha gaba daya. Saboda nasarorin da ya samu, an ba Brusilov lambar yabo ta Saint George ta 4th, sannan kuma ta 3rd Class. Ta hanyar abin da ya faru, da dama daga cikin kwamandojin White Army na gaba sun rike manyan mukamai a Rundunar Soja ta 8 a wannan lokacin. Janar mai kula da Quartermaster na Brusilov shi ne Anton Denikin, yayin da Alexey Kaledin ya jagoranci rundunar sojan doki ta 12 kuma Lavr Kornilov ya jagoranci rundunar sojan ruwa ta 48.