The Denikinites gradually lost initiative,
and the command of the 1 Infantry Division, fearing the environment, decided to leave Oryol.
However, by this time Denikinites in the Caucasus were also defeated,
and Petrovsk was abandoned at the end of March.
Having strengthened their left flank, the Denikinites launched a counterattack,
repelled the enemy's advance, and on October 29 again took Sevsk.