Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo

Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo
	Part of the Italian Front of World War I
	; Italian 75mm anti-aircraft gun during the Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo
Date	18 August – 12 September 1917
Location	Isonzo (Soča), near Monfalcone, Italy; Banjšice Plateau (Altopiano della Bainsizza), Slovenia
Result	Italian tactical victory
Belligerents
Italy	Austria-Hungary; Germany
Commanders and leaders
Luigi Cadorna ; Luigi Capello; Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia	Arthur Arz von Straußenburg; Svetozar Boroević von Bojna
Units involved
Second Army; Third Army	Army Group Boroević
Strength
600 battalions; 5,200 guns	250 battalions; 2,200 guns
Casualties and losses
158,000 casualties: ; 30,000 dead; 108,000 wounded; 20,000 missing or taken prisoner	115,000 casualties: ; 20,000 dead; 45,000 wounded; 30,000 missing; 20,000 taken prisoner

The Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo was a World War I battle fought by the Italian and Austro-Hungarian Armies on the Italian Front between 18 August and 12 September 1917.

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