Battle of Mount Ortigara | |||||||
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Part of the Italian Front of the First World War | |||||||
Mount Ortigara summit | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of Italy | Austria-Hungary | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Luigi Cadorna Ettore Mambretti |
Arthur Arz von Straussenburg Viktor Graf von Scheuchenstuel | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
6th Army | 11th Army | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
300,000 1,600 guns |
100,000 500 guns | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
23,000 dead or wounded | 9,000 dead or wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Mount Ortigara was fought from 10 to 25 June 1917 between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies for possession of Mount Ortigara, in the Asiago Plateau.