Battle of Mount Ortigara

Battle of Mount Ortigara
Part of the Italian Front of the First World War

Mount Ortigara summit
Date10–25 June 1917
Location
Southern Trentino, present-day Italy
46°0′36.000″N 11°31′18.998″E / 46.01000000°N 11.52194389°E / 46.01000000; 11.52194389
Result Austro-Hungarian victory
Belligerents
 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
Location within Italy

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.

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