Map of the Trentino, part of "Italia Irredenta," unredeemed Italy: Venezia Tridentina (Trentino and Alto Adige)
Venezia Tridentina (Trentino and Alto Adige)Confine del Regno d'ItaliaConf.[ine] Geografico d'ItaliaConfine fra Trentino e Alto AdigeFerrovieTramvieIst. Geogr. De Agostini-Novara - Riproduzione InterdettaVenezia Tridentina (Trentino and South Tyrol)Border of the Kingdom of ItalyGeographic boundary of ItalyBorder between Trentino and Alto AdigeRailwaysTramwaysGeographic Institute of Agostini-Novara - Reproduction prohibitedReverse:Message dated December 14, 1917
"On the evening of the 29th [June], Mambretti orders a withdrawal to the original positions. The Italians have taken at least 25,000 casualties over the 19 days of the battle, on a front of three kilometres, for no gains whatsoever."
General Ettore Mambretti commanded the newly created 300,000-man Italian Sixth Army in the Battle of Mount Ortigara, fought on the Asiago Plateau along Italy's northern border with Austria-Hungary south of Trentino. A year earlier, on May 14, 1916, the Austrians had launched the Asiago Offensive in the same region. Mount Ortigara is roughly 40 kilometers east of Trento, Italy (Austria-Hungary, in 1917) and 20 kilometers north of Asiago. The Italian offensive was an utter failure. Most of the land war between the two countries was fought on the Isonzo River in Italy's northeast.
The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919 by Mark Thompson, page 260, copyright © 2008 Mark Thompson, publisher: Basic Books, publication date: 2009
1917-06-29, 1917, June, Battle of Mount Ortigara, Trentino and Alto Adige, Asiago
