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"With the beginning of November 1st, the Italians once more resumed their drive again against Trieste, and in four days of fighting on high mountain peaks advanced their lines, taking 10,000 prisoner. But their own losses also were heavy, compelling a cessation of hostilities. Excepting for a series of artillery duels during November, neither side undertook any important engagement."
The curious syntax and redundancy of our author's summary — 'the Italians once more resumed their drive again against Trieste' — may be appropriate for the Ninth of Twelve Battles of the Isonzo, which Italian commander-in-chief Luigi Cadorna launched on November 1, 1916. Although Trieste was roughly 25 kilometers from the Italian front lines, mountains intervened.
King's Complete History of the World War by W.C. King, page 233, copyright © 1922, by W.C. King, publisher: The History Associates, publication date: 1922
1916-11-04, 1916, November, Ninth Battle of the Isonzo, Battle of the Isonzo, Ninth Isonzo, Isonzo, Battles of the Isonzo
