Long before the start of the battle, the Austro-Hungarian Evidence Bureau had noticed extensive troop movements that were correctly assessed by the General Staff. Machine-gun nest on the Isonzo with a Russian machine-gun machine for booty After recruiting strong further forces from the Tyrolean and Carinthian fronts, the third phase began on October 28 with extremely strong attacks on the Gorizia bridgehead, which lasted until November 3. On its southern section, large Italian losses after attacks on Vermigliano and supply difficulties due to the bad weather conditions led to the cessation of the fighting.
#THIRD BATTLE OF THE ISONZO FULL#
The terrain was divided into three sections, the Tolmein bridgehead, the Gorizia bridgehead and the Doberdo plateau.Īccordingly, a distinction can be made between three temporal phases: the first from October 18 to 22, mainly with fighting on the Krn and the Tolmein bridgehead the second phase, from October 22nd to 26th, during this period the Italians did not attack with full force and only carried out sporadic attacks against the Tolmein bridgehead and the Doberdo plateau. As in previous battles, the main thrust was directed against the area from Tolmein to the sea. įrom the beginning it became clear that Italy intended a breakthrough operation, which was to condense into one battle from several smaller skirmishes. So a total of about 338 battalions and 130 squadrons and 1372 guns. Nine army corps with 24 divisions and additional independent Alpini and Bersaglieri departments were involved. Behind it stood the 1st Army, which was also to be used later as a reserve.
The 3rd Italian Army under the command of General Duke of Aosta was deployed in the Gorizia section and the 2nd Army under General Frugoni in the area of Monte Krn. On October 15th the bombardment by the Italian artillery began and on October 18th the first infantry attack took place. In addition, Italy wanted to get rid of the charge of not having participated in the operation against Saloniki.
The purpose of this attack was to tie up Austro-Hungarian armed forces and thus indirectly support Serbia, against which a German-Austrian-Hungarian-Bulgarian offensive had already started on Septem. September 1915 and the resulting consultations between the Italian and French army command, a new general attack by Italy against Austria-Hungary was scheduled. As a result of the visit of the French General Joffre to the Italian front from March 3rd to 8th.
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