 The Corps comprised the German 187th Division under General Edwin Sunkel, the 51st Honvéd Division and the 76th Reserve Division.The two main units of the Corps - the 187th Infantry Division and the 51st Honvéd Infantry Division - had just won the Battle of Brassó (Brașov).The Germans and Austro-Hungarians began their artillery bombardment of the frontier heights south of Brassó on 12 October.