![]() Accordingly the Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo was initiated some two months later on 19 August 1917. The twelfth and final Battle of the Isonzo. With morale in the Italian army plunging Cadorna planned one further breakthrough attempt as he massed the greatest number of divisions and artillery yet along the Soča (Isonzo) river. Tenth Battle - May 12-June 8, 1917: By this point, Cadorna was beginning to worry about the German Army aiding the Austro-Hungarian forces. Some fighting also took place in the northern sections of the front in the Julian Alps, where the Austro-Hungarians streanghtened their positions along the Vršič mountain ridge.Ĭasualties continued to be high: 157,000 Italian losses were sustained, with a further 75,000 Austro-Hungarian casualties. Nevertheless, a major Austro-Hungarian counter-offensive launched on 3 June reclaimed virtually all lost ground and by the time the battle was called off by Cadorna on 8 June little territory had been gained. By the close of May the Italian army had advanced to within 15km of Trieste almost reaching the coastal town of Duino, although subsidiary attacks elsewhere failed. The second aim of the offensive was to conquer Mount Škabrijel, thus opening the way to the Vipava Valley. Tenth Battle of the Isonzo (12 May 8 June 1917) With nine largely unsuccessful Isonzo battles conducted within an eighteen-month period to date, Italian Chief of Staff Luigi Cadorna responsible for launching all nine became increasingly uncomfortable at the prospect of German intervention to aid their weakening Austro-Hungarian ally on the Italian Front. This time the Italians returned to the Kras plateau south-east of Gorizia, setting in train an infantry advance along a 40 km front in order to achieve a breakthrough towards Trieste. The previous three Isonzo battles had seen Cadorna concentrate short, sharp initiatives against closely defined targets, generally aimed at extending their sole bridgehead east of Gorizia. ![]() The Italians, deploying 38 divisions - against only 14 of the Austro-Hungarians - switched tactics once again. On October 24, 1917, a combined German and Austro-Hungarian force scores one of the most crushing victories of World War I, decimating the Italian line.
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