Kammala wannan jumlar: A farkon yakin duniya na farko, an nada Ivanov a matsayin babban kwamandan yankin Kudu maso Yamma. Da farko, shi tare da tsoho janar von Saltza sun sha wahala ƙananan nasara a Kraśnik, amma nasara ta biyo baya lokacin da Rasha ta samu nasarar ci gaba zuwa Galicia na Austrian, tare da asarar Rasha na kimanin 200,000, Austrians suna da kusan sau biyu na asarar rayuka, ciki har da dubban POWs. Saboda nasarorin da ya samu a gaba, an ba shi lambar yabo ta St. Vladimir, aji na 1 tare da takuba, da kuma lambar yabo ta St. George na digiri na biyu, kasancewar uku daga cikin janar din da aka ba da wannan babban kwalliya, sauran janar din biyu sune Janar Nikolai Ruzsky da Nikolai Yudenich. A lokacin da
a Kogin Vistula, ya yi yaƙi da sojojinsa na Kudu maso Yammacin Yamma (4th Army da 9th Army), tare da Babban Kwamandan Arewa maso Yammacin Janar Ruzsky tare da sojojinsa (2nd Army da 5th Army) daga Arewa. A cikin wata guda, Janar Ivanov da sojojin Janar Ruzsky sun yi nasarar dakile ci gaban Jamus, suna ɗaukar kusan kilomita ɗari na ƙasa. Daga baya, Janar Ivanov ya ba da umarnin aiki zuwa Kraków, ya yi nasara da farko, amma daga baya aka ba da umarnin komawa baya, wanda ya kawo karshen nasarar farko.