5/30/2023 0 Comments Eleventh battle of the isonzoThis however allows the Austro-Hungarians to begin transferring men from the Carso to aid their hard-pressed comrades to the north.įollowing a conference between Boroevic, their commander, and Emperor Karl, Austro-Hungarian troops on the Bainsizza today withdraw to the eastern edge of the plateau. Now the Italians scale back their efforts here to concentrate on the Bainsizza plateau to the north, where the they have made considerable gains. Italian attacks have made little progress in their attacks on the Carso plateau, on the southern end of the Isonzo line. The army has restored order there, killing dozens and injuring hundreds.Īustro-Hungarian defensive position on the Bainsizza (Roads to the Great War: What Happened on the Bainsizza Plateau in 1917?) Leave a comment With the Italian assault running out steam, it begins to look like it will not after all be eleventh time luck for Italy’s Cadorna.Ĭadorna can at least console himself with the suppression of anti-war rioting in Turin. Unfortunately for them, the Italian reserves are concentrated further to the south and cannot be deployed to the plateau quickly enough, leaving the exhausted troops who made the first attacks unable to bludgeon through on their own. When the Italians reach the plateau’s edge they are unable to make further gains against the Austro-Hungarians. Rather than leave his men to be annihilated, Austria-Hungary’s Boroevic has withdrawn them to more readily defensible positions on the edge of the plateau. The Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo has seen the Italians make unexpected gains near Gorizia on the Bainsizza plateau. Italian position on the Carso (Storia e Memoria di Bologna: 11 Battaglia dell’Isonzo ( History and Memory of Bologna: 11th Battle of the Isonzo)) Leave a comment Now he prepares to approach the Germans, to ask them to supply more troops for the Eastern Front that will allow him to send more Austro-Hungarians from there to the Isonzo. However Emperor Karl has promised him that the next battle will be a counter-offensive against the Italians. Their army on the Isonzo is smaller than the Italians so the proportionate losses are greater.īoroevic, the Austro-Hungarian commander, Boroevic fears that the next Italian offensive will cause the collapse of his line. At 140,000, Austro-Hungarian casualties are also very high. The situation on the other side of the hill is not so good either. Cadorna trumpets the battle as a victory on the basis of the early gains achieved, but a few more victories like this will break the Italian army. Two thirds of the units involved in the battle are now at half strength or less. Italian losses have been great: they have taken some 166,000 casualties, with 25,000 losses in a series of fruitless attempts to take the mountain of San Gabriele. After a series of massed attacks fail to break through Italy’s Cadorna orders his men to halt and assume a defensive posture. The Austro-Hungarian decision to retreat to the eastern edge of the Bainsizza plateau has paid off: the Italian advance has been contained. After initial gains the eleventh Italian assault on the Isonzo has turned into another slogging match.
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