Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Hōngongoi 1914, i te wā e whakanuia ana te ope taua o Rūhia i te wā o te whakakao, i whakatairangahia a Brusilov hei rangatira mo te ope taua 8th, he wāhanga o te Southwest Front e mahi ana i Galicia. Ko te ope taua tuawaru
I tukitukia e ia nga ope o Austro-Hungary i mua i a ia, ā, ka tere haere atu tata ki te. Ko nga whakahekenga i etahi atu waahi i te Front, tae atu ki te hinganga nui i Tannenberg, i akiaki i te 8th Army ki te reti i runga i te reti a Ruhia. Mo ana wikitoria, i whakawhiwhia a Brusilov ki te Tohu o Saint George 4th, ka 3rd Class. Na te waimarie o te wa, he maha nga rangatira o te ope White Army i mau i nga tuunga matua i te 8th Army i tenei wa. Ko te Quartermaster General o Brusilov ko Anton Denikin, i a Alexey Kaledin e whakahau ana i te 12th Cavalry Division me Lavr Kornilov i whakahau i te 48th Infantry Division.