{"history":[],"article":{"id":"5e6634ca-fb99-4ff4-9059-5238c41dd1a3","title":"Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo","slug":"eleventh-battle-of-the-isonzo","content":":::summary\n![Italian 75mm anti-aircraft gun during the Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/WWI///-///Eleventh///Battle///of///the///Isonzo///-///Italian///75mm///anti-aircraft///gun.jpg)\n**Conflict:** Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo \n**Partof:** the [Italian Front](https://bliptext.com/articles/italian-front-world-war-i) of [World War I](https://bliptext.com/articles/world-war-i) \n**Image Size:** 300 \n**Date:** 18 August – 12 September 1917 \n**Place:** [Isonzo](https://bliptext.com/articles/isonzo) (Soča), near [Monfalcone](https://bliptext.com/articles/monfalcone), [Italy](https://bliptext.com/articles/italy); [Banjšice Plateau](https://bliptext.com/articles/banj-ice-plateau) (Altopiano della Bainsizza), [Slovenia](https://bliptext.com/articles/slovenia) \n**Result:** Italian tactical victory \n**Combatant 1:** [undefined](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined) \n**Combatant 2:** [Austria-Hungary](https://bliptext.com/articles/[undefined](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined)) [undefined](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined) \n**Commander 1:** [**Luigi Cadorna**](https://bliptext.com/articles/luigi-cadorna)
[Luigi Capello](https://bliptext.com/articles/luigi-capello) [Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia](https://bliptext.com/articles/emanuele-filiberto-2nd-duke-of-aosta) \n**Commander 2:** [**Arthur Arz von Straußenburg**](https://bliptext.com/articles/arthur-arz-von-strau-enburg) [Svetozar Boroević von Bojna](https://bliptext.com/articles/svetozar-boroevi) \n**Units 1:** [Second Army](https://bliptext.com/articles/second-army-italy) [Third Army](https://bliptext.com/articles/third-army-italy) \n**Units 2:** [Army Group Boroević](https://bliptext.com/articles/5th-army-austria-hungary) \n**Strength 1:** 600 battalions
5,200 guns \n**Strength 2:** 250 battalions
2,200 guns \n**Casualties 1:** 158,000 casualties: **
30,000 dead
108,000 wounded
20,000 missing or taken prisoner \n**Casualties 2:** 115,000 casualties: **
20,000 dead
45,000 wounded
30,000 missing
20,000 taken prisoner \n:::\n\n# \nThe **Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo** was a [World War I](https://bliptext.com/articles/world-war-i) battle fought by the [Italian](https://bliptext.com/articles/kingdom-of-italy-1861-1946) and [Austro-Hungarian](https://bliptext.com/articles/austria-hungary) Armies on the [Italian](https://bliptext.com/articles/kingdom-of-italy-1861-1946) Front between 18 August and 12 September 1917.\n\n# Background\nOn the [Soča](https://bliptext.com/articles/so-a) (Isonzo) River, [Luigi Cadorna](https://bliptext.com/articles/luigi-cadorna), the Italian Chief of Staff, concentrated three quarters of his troops: 600 battalions (52 divisions) with 5,200 guns.\n\n# Battle\nThe attack was carried forth from a front from [Tolmin](https://bliptext.com/articles/tolmin) (in the upper Isonzo valley) to the [Adriatic Sea](https://bliptext.com/articles/adriatic-sea).\nThe Italians crossed the river at several points on temporary bridges, but the main effort was exerted on the [Banjšice Plateau](https://bliptext.com/articles/banj-ice-plateau), whose capture was to further the offensive and break the Austro-Hungarian lines in two segments, isolating the strongholds of [Mount Saint Gabriel](https://bliptext.com/articles/mount-saint-gabriel) and Mount [Hermada](https://bliptext.com/articles/hermada).\nAfter fierce and deadly fightings, the Italian Second Army, led by General [Capello](https://bliptext.com/articles/luigi-capello), pushed back [Boroević](https://bliptext.com/articles/svetozar-boroevi)'s Isonzo Armee, conquering the Bainsizza and [Mount Santo](https://bliptext.com/articles/mount-santo-slovenia).\nOther positions were taken by the [Duke of Aosta](https://bliptext.com/articles/prince-emanuele-filiberto-duke-of-aosta-1869-1931)'s Third Army.\nHowever, Mount Saint Gabriel and Mount Hermada turned out to be impregnable, and the offensive wore out.\nAfter the battle, the Austro-Hungarians were exhausted, and could not have withstood another attack.\nSo were the Italians, who could not find the resources necessary for another assault, even though it might have been the decisive one.\nSo the final result of the battle was an inconclusive bloodbath.\nMoreover, the end of the battle left the Italian Second Army (until then the most successful of the Italian Armies) split in two parts across the [Soča](https://bliptext.com/articles/so-a) (Isonzo), a weak point that proved to be decisive in the subsequent [Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-caporetto).\nTo commemorate the participation of the [Royal Bavarian Infantry Lifeguards Regiment](https://bliptext.com/articles/royal-bavarian-infantry-lifeguards-regiment), [Georg Fürst](https://bliptext.com/articles/georg-f-rst) wrote the March \"Isonzo-Marsch\".\nThe Italians fired 5.5 million artillery shells during the battle, including poison gas shells.","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T07:37:19.877Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T07:37:19.877Z","search_vector":"'battl':2 'eleventh':1 'isonzo':5","search_content":" \n \n**Conflict:** Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo \n**Partof:** the [Italian Front](https://bliptext.com/articles/italian-front-world-war-i) of [World War I](https://bliptext.com/articles/world-war-i) \n**Image Size:** 300 \n**Date:** 18 August – 12 September 1917 \n**Place:** [Isonzo](https://bliptext.com/articles/isonzo) (Soča), near [Monfalcone](https://bliptext.com/articles/monfalcone), [Italy](https://bliptext.com/articles/italy); [Banjšice Plateau](https://bliptext.com/articles/banj-ice-plateau) (Altopiano della Bainsizza), [Slovenia](https://bliptext.com/articles/slovenia) \n**Result:** Italian tactical victory \n**Combatant 1:** [undefined](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined) \n**Combatant 2:** [Austria-Hungary](https://bliptext.com/articles/[undefined](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined)) [undefined](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined) \n**Commander 1:** [**Luigi Cadorna**](https://bliptext.com/articles/luigi-cadorna) [Luigi Capello](https://bliptext.com/articles/luigi-capello) [Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia](https://bliptext.com/articles/emanuele-filiberto-2nd-duke-of-aosta) \n**Commander 2:** [**Arthur Arz von Straußenburg**](https://bliptext.com/articles/arthur-arz-von-strau-enburg) [Svetozar Boroević von Bojna](https://bliptext.com/articles/svetozar-boroevi) \n**Units 1:** [Second Army](https://bliptext.com/articles/second-army-italy) [Third Army](https://bliptext.com/articles/third-army-italy) \n**Units 2:** [Army Group Boroević](https://bliptext.com/articles/5th-army-austria-hungary) \n**Strength 1:** 600 battalions 5,200 guns \n**Strength 2:** 250 battalions 2,200 guns \n**Casualties 1:** 158,000 casualties: ** 30,000 dead 108,000 wounded 20,000 missing or taken prisoner \n**Casualties 2:** 115,000 casualties: ** 20,000 dead 45,000 wounded 30,000 missing 20,000 taken prisoner \n \n\n# \nThe **Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo** was a [World War I](https://bliptext.com/articles/world-war-i) battle fought by the [Italian](https://bliptext.com/articles/kingdom-of-italy-1861-1946) and [Austro-Hungarian](https://bliptext.com/articles/austria-hungary) Armies on the [Italian](https://bliptext.com/articles/kingdom-of-italy-1861-1946) Front between 18 August and 12 September 1917.\n\n# Background\nOn the [Soča](https://bliptext.com/articles/so-a) (Isonzo) River, [Luigi Cadorna](https://bliptext.com/articles/luigi-cadorna), the Italian Chief of Staff, concentrated three quarters of his troops: 600 battalions (52 divisions) with 5,200 guns.\n\n# Battle\nThe attack was carried forth from a front from [Tolmin](https://bliptext.com/articles/tolmin) (in the upper Isonzo valley) to the [Adriatic Sea](https://bliptext.com/articles/adriatic-sea).\nThe Italians crossed the river at several points on temporary bridges, but the main effort was exerted on the [Banjšice Plateau](https://bliptext.com/articles/banj-ice-plateau), whose capture was to further the offensive and break the Austro-Hungarian lines in two segments, isolating the strongholds of [Mount Saint Gabriel](https://bliptext.com/articles/mount-saint-gabriel) and Mount [Hermada](https://bliptext.com/articles/hermada).\nAfter fierce and deadly fightings, the Italian Second Army, led by General [Capello](https://bliptext.com/articles/luigi-capello), pushed back [Boroević](https://bliptext.com/articles/svetozar-boroevi)'s Isonzo Armee, conquering the Bainsizza and [Mount Santo](https://bliptext.com/articles/mount-santo-slovenia).\nOther positions were taken by the [Duke of Aosta](https://bliptext.com/articles/prince-emanuele-filiberto-duke-of-aosta-1869-1931)'s Third Army.\nHowever, Mount Saint Gabriel and Mount Hermada turned out to be impregnable, and the offensive wore out.\nAfter the battle, the Austro-Hungarians were exhausted, and could not have withstood another attack.\nSo were the Italians, who could not find the resources necessary for another assault, even though it might have been the decisive one.\nSo the final result of the battle was an inconclusive bloodbath.\nMoreover, the end of the battle left the Italian Second Army (until then the most successful of the Italian Armies) split in two parts across the [Soča](https://bliptext.com/articles/so-a) (Isonzo), a weak point that proved to be decisive in the subsequent [Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo](https://bliptext.com/articles/battle-of-caporetto).\nTo commemorate the participation of the [Royal Bavarian Infantry Lifeguards Regiment](https://bliptext.com/articles/royal-bavarian-infantry-lifeguards-regiment), [Georg Fürst](https://bliptext.com/articles/georg-f-rst) wrote the March \"Isonzo-Marsch\".\nThe Italians fired 5.5 million artillery shells during the battle, including poison gas shells.","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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