The Russians would far outnumber the Central Powers in the east (especially the Austro-Hungarian armies, which were Russia's primary target), Conrad believed that their best option was an early advance into southern Poland where the Russians would be concentrating their newly mobilized units.
Rusi bi u brojnosti daleko nadmašili Centralne sile na istoku (osobito austro-ugarske vojske, koje su bile osnovni cilj Rusa), Conrad je mislio da je njegova najbolja opcija bila rani upad u južni dio Poljske gdje bi Rusi okupili svoje novo mobilizirane jedinice.