Finally, the Russians are said to have had only 32,000 infantry men at hand with two brigades of cavalry.
Nevertheless, Generals Kruedener and Schahofski received orders to attack forthwith.

They did so on July 31.

The latter, with 12,000 men took two of the outer redoubts on the south side, but had to fall back before the deadly fire that poured on him from the inner works.

Kruedener operated against the still stronger positions on the north; but, owing to difficulties that beset his advance, he was too late to make any diversion in favour of his colleague.

In a word, the attack was ill planned and still worse combined.