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"By early August, Cadorna had more than half a million men ranged along the front, maintaining but not exceeding the 10:4 advantage in manpower that he had enjoyed since 1915. What was new was a crushing superiority in firepower. The factories were working flat out to supply the front with guns and munitions, while Austrian heavy industry had ground almost to a halt. The Italians had 3,750 guns on the Isonzo, including a handful of British and French batteries, and 1,900 mortars, against the Austrians' 430 heavy guns and 1,250 field guns. For the first time, the Italians could match the power of offensives on the Western Front."
Italian commander in chief Luigi Cadorna launched four offensives on the Isonzo River in 1915 and five in 1916. His Tenth Battle of the Isonzo raged from May 12 through June 8, 1917. At the beginning of August he prepared for the next Battle of the Isonzo, the Eleventh.
The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919 by Mark Thompson, page 279, copyright © 2008 Mark Thompson, publisher: Basic Books, publication date: 2009
1917-08-04, 1917, August, Eleventh Isonzo, Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo, Battles of the Isonzo, Battle of the Isonzo
