Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubva pakuvamba kwaSeptember 1914 kusvikira pakati paMarch 1915, General Ruzsky akanga ari mutungamiriri mukuru weNorthwestern Front yose. Pasi pokutungamirira kwake, mauto epamberi akarwa pa
Rwizi rweVistula ne Łódź, asi pasinei nokubudirira kukuru kwe1st ne10th Mauto, akarayirwa kuti adzokere, nekuda kweboka revarwi veGermany raitungamirirwa naGeneral Reinhard von Scheffer-Boyadel rakakwanisa kubuda kunze kwekufamba kwekukomberedza. Iye namauto ake vakagoveranawo muhondo ine ngwavaira paMasurian Lakes. Muchiitiko chokupedzisira, Mukuru Mukuru Ruzsky akanga ari iye akakonzera ngwavaira yechiuto chechi10.