Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva pakuvamba kwaSeptember 1914 kusvikira pakati paMarch 1915, General Ruzsky akanga ari mutungamiriri mukuru weNorthwestern Front yose. Achitungamirirwa naye, mauto epamberi akarwa paRwizi rweVistula
uye Łódź, asi pasinei nokubudirira kukuru kwe1st ne10th Mauto, akarairwa kuti adzokere, nekuda kweboka remauto eGerman raitungamirirwa naGeneral Reinhard von Scheffer-Boyadel akakwanisa 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.