Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Chikunguru 1914, neuto reRussia richikura panguva yekuunganidzwa, Brusilov akasimudzirwa kuti atungamire 8th Army, chikamu cheSouthwest Front inoshanda muGalicia. Mauto e8 akaparadzwa
mauto eAustria-Hungary pamberi payo, uye nokukurumidza akafambira mberi anenge. Kudzokera shure kumwe kunhu pamwe neFront, kusanganisira kukundwa kukuru paTannenberg, kwakamanikidza mauto e8 kuti aende pamudyandigere mukuwirirana nekubva kweRussia. Nokuda kwokukunda kwake, Brusilov akapiwa Order of Saint George 4th, uye ipapo 3rd Class. Nenzira yekusagadzikana, mauto mazhinji emunguva yemberi akabata zvinzvimbo zvepamusoro mu8th Army panguva ino. Mukuru weBrusilov Quartermaster aive Anton Denikin, apo Alexey Kaledin akaraira 12th Cavalry Division uye Lavr Kornilov aive achitungamira 48th Infantry Division.