From a series on the Great War, a 1916 map on the the Sixth Battle of the Isonzo, Italian commander Luigi Cadorna's offensive in August of the same year. The Italians crossed much of the Isonzo, and took Gorizia. The Austro-Hungarians continued to hold high ground to the east. © The Great War
Map labels include:River Isonzo, Gorizia, Doberdo Plateau, Carso Plateau, Gradisca, Monfalcone, Gulf of PanzanoText:Area of General Cadorna's successful operations against Gorizia, August 1916. The Isonzo Valley forms the eastern line for the defense of Italy, and its possession was essential to the realization of Italian ideals. Gorizia, its main strategic position, was captured on August 9th, 1916, by the Italians, who thus secured possession of the key to Trieste.
"On October 10th a surprise attack was successfully driven into the Austrian positions north and south of the Vipacco River, and conformably with this success the Italian line on the Carso pushed forward by about a mile. In the two days' fighting, 7,0000 Austrian prisoners were taken."
Excerpt from an account of the Italian conquest of Gorizia and subsequent, less successful, actions, by British historian Edwin Grewe. The Eighth of Twelve Battles of the Isonzo began on October 9, 1916. The Vipacco River flows westerly and into the Isonzo River. North of the Carso plateau, the Vipacco is south of the city of Gorizia which the Italians took on August 10, 1916. The Austro-Hungarians held the high ground. With any advance, the Italians faced the next range.
The Great Events of the Great War in Seven Volumes by Charles F. Horne, Vol. IV, 1916, p. 296, copyright © 1920 by The National Alumnia, publisher: The National Alumni, publication date: 1920
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