Third Battle of the Isonzo

Third Battle of the Isonzo
	Part of the Italian Front; (World War I)
	; Eleven Battles of the Isonzo; June 1915 – September 1917
Date	18 October – 4 November 1915
Location	Soča river, western Slovenia
Result	Austro-Hungarian victory; Failed Italian offensive
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy	Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Luigi Cadorna (Chief of Staff of the Italian Army) ; Pietro Frugoni (Commander of Second Army) ; Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia (Commander of Third Army)	Archduke Friedrich (Supreme Commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army) ; Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (Chief of the General Staff) ; Archduke Eugen of Austria-Teschen (Commander of Southwest Front) ; Svetozar Boroević von Bojna (Commander of Fifth Army)
Strength
338 battalions; 130 cavalry squadrons; 1,250 artillery pieces	137 + 47 battalions; 604 artillery pieces.
Casualties and losses
67,008:; 10,733 killed; 44,290 wounded; 11,985 missing or captured	41,847:; 8,228 killed; 26,418 wounded; 7,201 missing or captured

The Third Battle of the Isonzo was fought from 18 October through 4 November 1915 between the armies of Italy and Austria-Hungary.

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