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Eighth Battle of the Isonzo

1916 battle on the First World War's Italian Front

Field	Value
conflict	Eighth Battle of the Isonzo
partof	the Italian Front
(First World War)
image	The transfer of wounded Italian soldiers after the bombing of Monfalcone 1916.jpg
caption	Transfer of wounded Italian soldiers after the bombing of Monfalcone
date	10–12 October 1916
place	Soča valley, Slovenia
result	Inconclusive
combatant1	Kingdom of Italy
combatant2	Austria-Hungary
commander1	Kingdom of Italy Luigi Cadorna
commander2	Austria-Hungary Svetozar Boroević
strength1	20 divisions
strength2	14 divisions
casualties1	50,000–60,000 killed, wounded, missing or captured
casualties2	38,000 killed, wounded, missing or captured

(First World War) The Eighth Battle of the Isonzo was fought between 10 and 12 October 1916 between Italy and Austria-Hungary.

Battle

The Eighth Battle of the Isonzo, fought briefly from 10 to 12 October 1916, was essentially a continuation of attempts made during the Seventh Battle of the Isonzo (14–17 September 1916) to extend the bridgehead established at Gorizia during the Sixth Battle of the Isonzo in August 1916.

Italian Chief of Staff Luigi Cadorna was determined to continue Italian attacks to the left of the town, a policy that continued during the following (ninth) battle, with an equal lack of success.

As with the earlier, Seventh, attack, heavy Italian casualties required that the short, sharp concentrated initiative be called off pending the army's recuperation.

The seemingly interminable Isonzo onslaught was next renewed with the Ninth Battle of the Isonzo on 1 November 1916, the fifth and final attack of the year.

References

(2003). "Forgotten Battlefronts of the First World War". Sutton.

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