Austro-Hungarian graves in the Dolomite Mountains.
Heldengräber in den DolomitenHeroes graves in the DolomitesReverse:Verlag Kapper TrientPublisher Kapper Trent
"Conrad's divisions were too hard pressed to transfer men to the Piave. In fact, the opposite happened: the Italians transferred forces from the mountains to the river. When these reinforcements arrived, on 19 June [1918], the Italians counter-attacked along the Piave. They failed to crack the bridgeheads, but the Austrian position was untenable. Pontoons that had survived the bombing were damaged by high water and debris. Blašković's regiment (the 3rd Bosnia & Herzegovina Infantry) ran out of shells and bullets; the men fought on with bayonets and hand-grenades until a Hungarian regiment managed to bring up a few crates of ammunition from the river."
The Second Battle of the Piave was launched by the Austro-Hungarians on June 15, 1918 along a front from the Asiago Plateau to the Adriatic Sea. General Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf commanded the northern mountainous sector. With support from French and British troops, particularly artillery, the Italians stopped Conrad's offensive in after two days, allowing them to transfer reinforcements the the southern Piave River sector where the battle still raged.
The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919 by Mark Thompson, page 346, copyright © 2008 Mark Thompson, publisher: Basic Books, publication date: 2009
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