Prince Gorchakov, commander of the Southern Army, reinforced the detachment of Lieutenant General Fyodor Soymonov with an infantry brigade, two batteries and the Pavlograd Hussar Regiment who were idle at Giurgiu.

A detachment of Major-General Alexander Baumgarten (who had under his command the Tobolsk 38th Infantry Regiment, one battery and a squadron of lancers) was also sent to reinforce Giurgiu.

The next day Soymonov took a battalion with 8 guns to the island of Rodoman, lying on the north bank of the Danube southwest of Giurgiu.

"[3]On the night of 8 July, Soymonov, finding his position disproportionate to the number of troops, ordered the destruction of the bridge connecting the island of Rodoman with the left bank of the Danube, and withdrew his detachment first to Giurgiu, and then to the heights near Frătești.

Prince Gorchakov, having concentrated in the town of Frătești 46 battalions of infantry, 60 squadrons of cavalry, 4 Cossack regiments and 180 guns, waited for the Turks to arrive so that they could launch a counterattack; however, this was in vain.