Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Mauto ekutanga akaumbwa muna 1914 sechikamu chekuunganidzwa kweAustria-Hungary zvichitevera kuzivisa kwayo hondo kuSerbia neRussia, ichiita zvirongwa zvepamberi pehondo zvekuumbwa kwemauto matanhatu emunda. Kungofanana nemauto ose omunda eAustria-Hungary, yaive nehofisi huru uye mauto akati wandei, pamwe nemamwe mauto asina kubatana. Mauto 1 akaiswa pasi pehutungamiri hweGeneral of the Cavalry Viktor Dankl von Krasnik uye aive akaumbwa neI, V, uye X Corps, yakabva kuKraków, Presburg nePrzemyśl, zvichiteerana. Pasi pehutungamiri hwake, mauto e1st Army akawana kukunda kwekutanga kweAustria-Hungary muHondo Yenyika I panguva yekudzivirirwa kweGalicia nekukunda mauto e4 eRussia muHondo yeKrasnik muna 23-25 Nyamavhuvhu 1914. Zvisinei, nemhaka yemamiriro ezvinhu akaoma pane dzimwe nzvimbo dzepamberi, Krasnik akamanikidzwa kudzokera kumaodzanyemba achitevedza rwizi rweDunajec kunzvimbo iri kuchamhembe kweKraków. Munguva yechando ya1914, 1st Army yakabatanidzwa muHondo yeRwizi rweVistula
muPoland yeRussia, kusvika kuIvangorod. Muna May 1915, General Krasnik akaendeswa kuItaly Front. Akatsiviwa naGeneral weCavalry Karl Kirchbach von Lauterbach kwemwedzi mishoma pamberi pekutungamira kwe1st Army kwakapihwa General weArtillery Paul Puhallo von Brlog. The 1st Army haana kutora chikamu Gorlice<unk>Tarnów Kurwisa, kuramba muna Volodymyr-Volynskyi panguva iyoyo.