[3] On September 29, the Russian army, now counting 3,500 soldiers, approached the camp of Batal Pasha, located on the Abazinka River.

[3][4] However, the mountaineer fighters noticed the advance of the vanguard and attacked it, but were forced to retreat after a fight, thus allowing Orbeliani to occupy the river heights.

The battle continued in all parts with various changes for about two hours; but nothing decisive could yet be applied; Meanwhile, artillery major Afrosimov managed to shoot down enemy batteries on their right flank; the fire was noticed less frequently and much weaker.” — Johann Hermann von FersenThe attack was eventually repelled by Colonel Butkevich's cavalry detachment, and General Hermann gave the order to a column of rangers led by Brigadier Joseph Beerwitz to attack the left flank of the Turks, and Colonel Chemodanov's musketeer team to attack the right.

The combined army of Turks and North Caucasians were surprised by the detachment of Mukhanov, and thus were quickly overrun and forced to retreat back.

2 versts from the camp, a Circassian detachment attacked the advancing Russian soldiers, but they were eventually repelled by flankers, most notably the Rostov Carabiniers Regiment led by Captain Schreider, who was wounded during the clash.

[4] The result of the battle was a major Russian victory and completely overshowed Bibikov's severe defeat at the beginning of the year and prepared the way for a new campaign against Anapa.

As for the Turkish–Circassian casualties, Hermann reports that on the battlefield up to the camp, 1,000 bodies were left behind, while several hundred people died while fleeing or by drowning in the Kuban River.