I. - IV. Isonzo battle

2. II. Isonzo battle

18 July 1915 - 10 August 1915

It was a general Italian attack along the entire front of the Sacc. Initially, the entire Krass band was under Italian artillery, followed by the Italian 14th and 20th Infantry Divisions and the XIth. corps to attack Doberdo. "After the men's tough fights against the men, the attackers managed east of Sdraussina (Poggio) to push the Austro-Hungarian defense on a small stretch back. To the south of Vermegliana, the Italians tried to penetrate along the road to Doberd, but they were not able to conquer the heights. The attack of three Italian divisions on the gorilla bridgehead was also unsuccessful. "However, the Hungarian 20th Honvéd Infantry Division suffered great losses. On July 20, the attacker managed to seize the top of Monte San Michele, but the following day the defenders captured him back and the Italian side was pushed back to the foot. On July 25 and 26, Italians conquered some of the Krass sections, but they were unable to keep them. The battle finally culminated on July 26, when the attacker managed to conquer Austro-Hungarian position with Vermeglian and Selz, and then, due to the exhaustion and loss of both parties, the intensity of the fighting fell.

On the northern wing of the Queen's queue, the Austro-Hungarian troops were forced to retreat to the top of Prague. From July 25 to mid August, the fighting has ceased. From July 30th, the Italians attempted unsuccessfully to attack the defense points of Boroević's 5th Army.

Although the Austro-Hungarian Command tried to make additional advances on the Safed Front and regroup defense, the losses of both battles could not be compensated. The state of Italian forces was double that of Boroević's 5th Army, which now had 12 divisions and 643 major artillery. The reconstruction of the destroyed defensive positions was difficult in the hard limestone of Kras. The only positive thing that was achieved was the increase of artillery batteries by about one-quarter.