Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kumhenderekedzo yokumabvazuva kweVistula muPoland vaRussia vakanga vachiunganidza mauto matsva ayo akanga akadzivirirwa pakurwiswa nerwizi; kamwe chete 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 pehutungamiri hwake akabata zvakasimba, asi maRussia akakwanisa 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.