Buuxi weedha soo socota: Janaraalka Jarmalka Hermann von Staabs, oo ahaa taliyaha ciidanka XXXIX ee 8kii Sebtember la wareegay howlgalada gobolka koonfureed ee Transylvania, ayaa si dhaqso leh uga falceliyay ka bixitaanka Austria. Marka laga reebo Guutada 144-aad ee Ciidanka Lugta ee Austro-Hungarian-ka iyo Guutada 187-aad ee Jarmalka ee Qeybta 187-aad ee Ciidanka Lugta ee Jarmalka (qaybta ugu horreysa ee Jarmalka ee soo gashay Transylvania), von Staabs wuxuu sidoo kale u diray Puj Guutada 189-aad, gantaalka ka tirsan Qeybta 187-aad, iyo sidoo kale guutada lugta fudud ee Bavarian ee Alpenkorps (qaybta ugu horreysa ee Alpenkorps ee soo gaadhay Transylvania). Ciidankan, oo uu hoggaaminayay Sarreeye Guud Edwin Sunkel (taliyihii Qaybta Ciidamada Jarmalka ee 187aad), ayaa bilaabay horumarkooda 14kii Sebtember. Waqtigaas ciidamada Romania ee ku sugnaa aaggaas si weyn ayaa loo yareeyay. Bilowgii Sebtembar, cutubyada Romania ee aagga waxay ka koobnaayeen qeybta ugu weyn ee Ciidanka 1-aad ee General Culcer: Qaybta 2-aad, 11-aad iyo 12-aad. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, ka dib markii Romania
guuldaradii Dobruja, qeybaha 2aad iyo 12aad waxaa loo wareejiyay koonfurta. Wareejinta labada qeyb ee Culcer waxay bilaabatay kahor 9 Sebtember. 9-kii, Major Radu R. Rosetti oo ka tirsan xarunta dhexe ee Romania ayaa u sheegay General Andrei Zayonchkovski - taliyaha Ruushka ee Dobruja - in qeybaha 2aad iyo 12aad "ay ka imanayaan Transylvania". Qaybta 11aad ee hartay ee qaybta Petrozsény waxaa hogaaminayay General Ioan Muică. Culcer sidoo kale wuxuu si toos ah ugu lug lahaa howlgallada maxalliga ah isagoo u diray taliska I Corps - kooxda qeybaha ciidanka 1-aad ee Roomaaniya ee ka howlgala Transylvania - Nagytalmács (Tălmaciu / Talmesch), si uu u hago howlaha labada qaybood ee halkaas ku yaal. Markii hore, I Corps waxay howlgallo ku maamuli jireen labada aag ee ku xeeran Petrozsény (Dooxada Jiu) iyo aagga ku xeeran Nagytalmács (Dooxada Olt). Jeneraal Ioan Popovici, oo ahaa taliyaha ciidanka koowaad, wuxuu yimid Nagytalmács isaga iyo shaqaalihiisii 16kii Sebtember.