On April 22, 1788, the Russian prince Grigory Potemkin ordered the general Peter Tekeli to march against the Ottoman fortress of Anapa and capture it; however, the strong floods of mountain rivers in 1788 did not allow the campaign to begin.

Having formed a square, Mansurov fought off attacks for five hours until reinforcements arrived and forced the Ottomans to retreat.

On October 14, Colonel Hermann, with one dragoon brigade and the Volga Cossack regiment, made a reconnaissance of the fort.

When all the fortress guns fired a volley at once, the head of the Turkish garrison, Hussein Batal Pasha, appeared at the main front.

The garrison launched a sudden sortie against the Russians, but they were saved by the Dragoon Brigade, which successfully pushed back the Ottomans and Caucasians who came to rescue them.