The 15th Infantry Division, a mostly Hungarian outfit, had not been seriously engaged on the first day of fighting. With the Russian V Corps bearing down from the north-east on the Austrian VI Corps, Boroević sent the fresh division to drive them back. They entered the swampy valley of the Huczwa River with great enthusiasm, shouting with excitement as they marched forward.

Austrian enthusiasm carried their attack over the Huczwa, once again at a heavy cost but not enough the dampen their high spirits. What Col. Karl Bardolff of 29th Infantry Brigade called a “victory panic” took hold, and the troops continued their advance until nightfall when the division staff called a halt. The division hastily camped in a swampy valley, ready to resume the offensive on the following morning.