However, according to General Tekeli, the Russian army was not ready to storm Anapa yet, and if they managed to capture fortress, it would be difficult to hold.

On April 22, Prince Grigory Potemkin ordered General Peter Tekeli to quickly begin military operations in the North Caucasus and attack the fortresses of Sudzhuk-Kale and Anapa.

In the following Battle of the Ubin River, Mansurov's troops were surrounded, but Mustafa Pasha was forced to retreat after the arrival of Russian reinforcements.

Seeing this as sign, North Caucasian fighters, who were hiding in the forest near Anapa, came out, advanced 11 cannons and under the cover of its fire, launched a fierce attack on the Russian troops and forced them to retreat.

The mountaineers rushed to attack, but were forced to stop the advance after a Artillery battery placed by Peter Talyzin rained down cannon fire on the highlanders.

[4] Towards the end of the day, the Turkish–North Caucasian troops returned to the fortress and the main Russian army began advancing on Anapa and started besieging the city.