In response, they sent reinforcements to Yevgeny Golovin in the Galata Burnu area to meet the Turkish relief forces coming from the south.

In addition, a Russian contingent under the command of Duke Eugen Württemberg, concentrated near Yenipazar, was tasked with cutting Omar Viryoni Pasha off from his rear.

The Turkish garrison at Varna simultaneously organised a sortie from the fortress, inflicting considerable casualties on the troops under General Golovin's control.

On the same day, a Russian unit under the command of General Suhazant, which left Hacıhasanlar for reconnaissance, wrongly assessed that the Turkish army at Kurttepe consisted of 8,000 men and suggested a double flank attack.

Tsar Nicholas I, on the other hand, considered Prince Württemberg's assessment exaggerated and ordered the army under Omer Vrioni to be dislodged from the vicinity of Varna before reinforcements under the Grand Vizier arrived.