Third Battle of the Isonzo | |||||||
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Part of the Italian Front (World War I) | |||||||
Eleven Battles of the Isonzo June 1915 – September 1917 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of Italy | Austria-Hungary | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Luigi Cadorna (Chief of Staff of the Italian Army) Pietro Frugoni (Commander of Second Army) Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia (Commander of Third Army) |
Archduke Friedrich (Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army) Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (Chief of the General Staff) Archduke Eugen of Austria-Teschen (Commander of Southwest Front) Svetozar Boroević von Bojna (Commander of Fifth Army) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
338 battalions 130 cavalry squadrons 1,250 artillery pieces |
137 + 47 battalions 604 artillery pieces. | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
67,008[1]–80,000[2] 10,733–20,000 killed 44,290–60,000 wounded 11,985 missing or captured |
41,847:[1] 8,228 killed 26,418 wounded 7,201 missing or captured |
The Third Battle of the Isonzo was fought from 18 October through 4 November 1915 between the armies of Italy and Austria-Hungary.
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