To support this advance Stanislav Čeček sent Vladimir Kappel's detachment from the Simbirsk to Kazan.

On 27 August, Kappel landed on the right bank of Volga near Sviyazhsk and tried to attack the Reds, but was crushed by the counterattack of Latvian Riflemen.

During the night of 14 September, Simbirsk Division of 1st Army crossed the Volga River and began to advance on the east.

On 13 September, they left Volsk and began to quickly retreat from the advancing 1st and 5th Armies of Reds.

The capture of Kazan and Simbirsk were converted by Red's command into the strategic breakthrough across the whole front.