 On 27 August, the 2nd and 3rd Bulgarian divisions stationed at Dobro Pole were ordered to make emergency preparations, as new evidence indicated a frontal assault on Dobro Pole along with a secondary attack on Human.By 7 September, Dobro Pole was reinforced by one machine gun company, six battalions and ten heavy howitzers, General Friedrich von Scholtz then stated that the defensive measures made the defense of the front feasible.Von Scholtz had, however, failed to take into account the departure of Bulgarian chief of staff Nikola Zhekov and his subsequent replacement by Georgi Todorov.