Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Mauto e3 akaumbwa muna Nyamavhuvhu 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 e3 pakutanga aiumbwa neXI uye XIV Corps, yakavakirwa muLemberg (nhasi Lviv, Ukraine), uye Innsbruck, zvichiteerana. Mukuwedzera kwakanga kune mapoka anoverengeka ayo akanga akabatanidzwa zvakananga kumuzinda wehondo. Yakaiswa pasi pehutungamiri hwe "General der Kavallerie" Rudolf Ritter von Brudermann. Pakutanga muhondo, boka racho rakatora chikamu muHondo yeGalicia kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweDual Monarchy, uko kwaive chikamu cheuto reAustria-Hungary raifambira mberi kubva kuLemberg kuenda kunzvimbo dzeRussia Southwestern Front. Musi wa25 Nyamavhuvhu 1914, vakagamuchira shoko rekuti mauto eRussia akanga achifambira mberi pedyo nerwizi Zlota Lipa uye 3rd Army yakarairwa kuti ivarwise.
. Kurwisana kwacho kwakatanga musi waAugust 26, neizvo vaAustria vaidavira kuti yaiva mauto maduku eRussia, asi zvakazoonekwa kuti yaiva mauto masere. Hazvina kutora nguva refu vasati vamanikidzwa kudzokera shure, vachisvika muLemberg pana August 27. Kunyange zvazvo 3rd Army yakanga ine nguva yekuumba mutsara wekudzivirira pedyo nerwizi rweGnila Lipa, maRussia akafambira mberi akawedzera mauto eBrudermann matatu kusvika kune mumwe uye akavadzosa musi waAugust 30, vasati vatora Lemberg pachayo kutanga kwaSeptember. Nokudaro mutsara weAustro-Hungarian waifanira kudzokera kuCarpathians, uchirasikirwa nenharaunda yenyika kumabvazuva kwechikamu chemakomo kuvaRussia.