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Fourth Battle of the Isonzo

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Battle in 1915 on the Italian Front during the First World War

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Fourth Battle of the Isonzo

Part of theItalian Front
(World War I)

Eleven Battles of the Isonzo
June 1915 – September 1917

Date

10 November – 2 December 1915

Location

Soča/Isonzo river, westernSlovenia

Result

Italian victory

Italian offensive suspended^[1]
Conquest of important positions (Mount Calvario,Oslavia)

Belligerents

Italy

Austria-Hungary

Commanders and leaders

Strength

370 battalions
1,374 guns

155 battalions
626 guns

Casualties and losses

49,500 (7,500 dead)

32,100 (4,000 dead)

v t e Italian Front
1915 Hill 383 1st Dolomites [de] 1st Isonzo Col Basson 2nd Isonzo Podgora 2nd Dolomites [de] 3rd Isonzo 4th Isonzo Lavarone [de] 1916 5th Isonzo Asiago (Monte Cengio) Melette [it] Gorizia (6th Isonzo) (Doberdò) 7th Isonzo 8th Isonzo 9th Isonzo White Friday 1917 10th Isonzo Flondar Ortigara 11th Isonzo Carzano [it] Caporetto (12th Isonzo) Pozzuolo 1st Piave River 1st Monte Grappa 1918 Three Mountains [it] 2nd Piave River (Col Moschin [it]) 2nd Monte Grappa Tonale [it] San Matteo Doss Alto 3rd Monte Grappa Vittorio Veneto White War (1915–1918) Adamello [it] Pasubio Sentinella Pass Marmolada [it] Lagazuoi [it] Col di Lana [it] Tofane [it] Monte Cristallo Monte Piana Tre Cime di Lavaredo Monte Paterno

Italian Front

1915

1916

1917

1918

White War (1915–1918)

TheFourth Battle of the Isonzo was fought between the armies ofKingdom of Italy and those ofAustria-Hungary on theItalian Front inWorld War I, between 10 November and 2 December 1915.

Overview

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In contrast to the previous threebattles of the Isonzo (in June, July and October), this offensive was brief, and is considered a continuation of thethird battle of the Isonzo.^{[by whom?]}

Most of the clash was concentrated in the direction ofGorizia and on theKarst Plateau, though the push was distributed on the wholeIsonzo front. The Italian Second Army, aiming for the town of Gorizia, was able to capture the hilly area aroundOslavia (Oslavje) andSan Floriano del Collio (Števerjan) overlooking theSoča (Isonzo) and Gorizia itself. The Italian Third Army, covering the rest of the front up to the sea, launched a series of large attacks which brought no significant gain.

Mount Sei Busi was unsuccessfully attacked by Italians five times.

The intensity of the fighting increased until the end of November, when the bridgehead ofTolmin (Tolmino) was heavily shelled and casualties peaked. In the first fifteen days of December, however, the fighting was reduced to small scale skirmishes as opposed to the massive frontal assaults that characterized the previous phases of the battle.

An unsigned truce on the Karst Plateau was made as the temperatures dropped, and operations were ceased due to lack of supplies.

The Austro-Hungarian High Command, worried by huge losses, requested assistance from theGerman Empire, which was not yet formally in the war against Italy. German Empire intervened on the Italian Front ineleventh battle of the Isonzo.

References

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^Tommasi, Giuseppe (1925).Brigata Sassari. Note di guerra(PDF). Rome: Tipografia sociale. p. 58. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2020-10-29. Retrieved2020-02-11.