Italian Alpini seize Monte Nero (Mount Krn) from the Austro-Hungarians, June 16, 1915. From the painting 'Avanti Savoia' by A.D. Campestrini.
Reverse:A.D. Campestrini - 'Avanti Savoia'La conquista del Monte Nero - Giugno 1915A.D. Campestrini - Forward Savoy!The conquest of Monte Nero [Mount Black] - June 1915Logo: M.P.M.Proprietà artistica riservata.Artistic ownership reserved.
"The tide had turned. On 9 and 13 June, Conrad returned two extra divisions that had recently arrived from the Eastern Front. By now the outcome of the offensive was clear. On 16 June, he stopped the Punishment Expedition."
His Eastern Front collapsing before Russian General Alexsei Brusilov's offensive (launched on June 4), Austro-Hungarian Commander-in-Chief Conrad von Hötzendorf halted his month-old Asiago Offensive against Italy on June 16, 1916. Begun from the Trentino on May 15, 1916, the offensive surprised the Italians and threatened to drive them from the mountains to the Italian plain, potentially isolating the bulk of the Italian army in the country's northeast. The Italians had been reinforcing their line and slowing the Austro-Hungarian advance even before Brusilov's attack.
The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919 by Mark Thompson, page 166, copyright © 2008 Mark Thompson, publisher: Basic Books, publication date: 2009
1916-06-16, 1916, June, Asiago Offensive, Trentino, Conrad
