Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kumhenderekedzo yokumabvazuva yeVistula muPoland vaRussia vakanga vachiunganidza mauto matsva ayo akanga akadzivirirwa pakurwiswa norwizi; kamwe vakaungana vaizoyambuka rwizi rwokuenda kumadokero kupinda muSilesia. Kuti adzivise kupinda kweRussia muSilesia, Hindenburg akapinda muPoland ndokutora mhenderekedzo yokumadokero yeVistula yakatarisana nenzvimbo iyo mauto eRussia akanga achiunganidza. Akamisa dzimbahwe paPosen muWest Prussia, achiperekedzwa naLudendorff naHoffmann. Apo vaRussia vakaedza kuyambuka
Vistula, mauto eGermany pasi pokutungamirira kwake akabata zvakasimba, asi vaRussia vakakwanisa kuyambuka munzvimbo yeAustria-Hungary kumaodzanyemba. Hindenburg akadzokera shure ndokuparadza njanji dzose namabhiriji kuitira kuti vaRussia vasazokwanisa kupfuurira mberi kupfuura kumadokero kwenzvimbo dzavo dzokufambisa njanji dziri pedyo nomuganhu weGermany.