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Emperor Karl I. and his adjutants watch the fighting, 1917

The Austrian emperor Karl I (left) and his adjutants watch the fighting during one of the last three battles of the Isonzo.

Rebuilding a bridge, 1918

A bridge is rebuild after its destruction by Italian troops.

Austro-Hungarian soldiers in a trench

Austro-Hungarian troops in the trench closest to the Isonzo.

Shelling of Italian positions, 1917

During the twelfth battle of the Isonzo: Shelling of Italian positions near Tolmin. On the right the Isonzo river.

Austro-Hungarian encampment,1915

An Austro-Hungarian encampment in the area of the Doberdo Plateau.

German troops in Vittorio, 1917

German infantry marches into Vittorio (Vittorio Veneto). The town was taken by German forces during the later battles of the Isonzo in 1917.

German troops in the Isonzo valley, 1917

German soldiers march through the Isonzo valley near Tolmin.

Soldiers in their billet, 1917

Billets in Tolmin before one of the battles of the Isonzo.

Left behind after a battle

The picture shows remnants of one of the battles of the Isonzo. In the middle an artillery piece, in the background an open waggon.

Austro-Hungarian antiaircraft defense position, 1918

An Austro-Hungarian antiaircraft defense soldier with a machine gun at the Piave.

Austro-Hungarian soldiers at a market, 1915

Austro-Hungarian soldiers eat fruit in a marketplace in Gorizia.

German troops in the captured town of Woltschach, 1917

German soldiers on a road into the destroyed town of Volce (Woltschach). It was captured by German troops during the twelfth battle of the Isonzo.

Emperor Karl I inspects a captured machine gun, 1917

Emperor Karl I of Austria and his field marshal Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (3rd fr left) inspect the new machine guns of the Italians. These guns were captured during the twelfth battle of the Isonzo.

Emperor Wilhelm II is told the position of the frontlines, 1917

During the twelfth battle of the Isonzo: The German Emperor Wilhelm II (2nd fr right) and his staff officers are told the position of the frontlines by an Austrian general staff officer. They are located in the recently recaptured Gorizia.

Emperor Karl I inspects Austrian troops, 1917

Emperor Karl I of Austria (2nd fr left)inspects Austrian storm troops in the Fiemme Valley in November 1917 after their successful offensive in the twelfth battle of the Isonzo.

Italian car wreck, 1917

The wreckage of a crashed Italian car in an alpine stream.

Italian prisoners of war, 1917

During the twelfth battle of the Isonzo 30000 Italian soldiers were taken captive. Here some of those prisoners of war in the camp at Soca.

Wounded soldiers at a dressing station, 1917

Wounded Austro-Hungarian and German troops at a dressing station at the Piave embankment.

A fortress artillery column , 1918

A fortress artillery column marches over a mountain pass.

Italian prisoners of war in Trento, 1917

Italian soldiers on the cathedral square during a march of 1800 Italians captured at the South Tyrolean front through Trento.

Italian night attack

An Italian night attack at the Isonzo front. Probably a scene from a movie.

Italian emplacements, 1918

Italian concrete emplacements near Papariano.

Tip of an Italian shell, 1917

From the tenth battle of the Isonzo: The tip of a detonated Italian 13,5 inch shell at Fajti-Hrib.

Detonated Solkan Bridge, 1917

Bridge over the Isonzo near Salcano (Solkan) north of Gorizia. It was detonated in 1916 by Austro-Hungarian troops.

Car on the Al-Ponte bridge, 1915

Soldiers and a car on the Al-Ponte bridge, a part of the Gorizia bridgehead

Austro-Hungarian camp, 1915

An Austro-Hungarian camp in the area of the Monte Nero (Krn) near the the Isonzo.

Austro-Hungarian emplacement, 1917

Emplacement of the Austro-Hungarian Arz-riflemen.

Austro-Hungarian troops' parking lot, 1917

Parking lot for the vehicles of Austro-Hungarian troops in a palazzo in Udine.

Aerial photo of Udine, 1917

An Austro-Hungarian aerial photograph of Udine, headquarters of the Italian high command until the twelfth battle of the Isonzo.

Soldiers in Pordenone, 1917

German soldiers rest under palm trees in the captured town of Pordenone.

Austro-Hungarian troops move into Pontebba, 1917

Austro-Hungarian soldiers of the Carinthian armies move into Pontebba.

Austro-Hungarian soldiers on the Piave, 1917

Austro-Hungarian storm troops cross the Piave in pontoons.

Rebuilding a bridge, 1918

Austo-Hungarian troops rebuild a destroyed road bridge over the Tagliamento.

Clean-up efforts

Austro-Hungarian soldiers during clean-up efforts after the shelling of a village at the Italian front.

Emperor Karl I. greets German troops, 1917

The Austrian emperor Karl I (3rd fr left) greets newly arrived German auxiliary troops. German riflemen and storm troops were transfered from the Western Front to the Isonzo front to support the Austro-Hungarian lines, which had began to falter after the Italians' major offensive in May 1917 (tenth battle at the Isonzo).

Shell impact at fort Verle, 1915

Impact of an Italian 11 inch shell in the Austro-Hungarian fort Verle, one of seven armored fortifications in the areas around Lavarone and Folgaria in South Tyrol (today the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol).

German storm troops on the march, 1917

During the twelfth battle of the Isonzo: German storm troops at the Lago Morto on the march to the Piave front after the successful breach of the Italian lines at the Isonzo.

Panorama of the Tolmin bridgehead, 1917

The Austrian-Italian front at the Tolmin bridgehead immediately before the start of the twelfth battle of the Isonzo in October 1917. The dotted line shows the limit of the Austro-Hungarian emplacements, the solid line the limit of the Italian emplacements.

Austro-Hungarian soldiers recover munitions, 1917

During the twelfth battle of the Isonzo: Fleeing Italian soldiers push numerous munitions transporters into mountain gorges. This picture shows Austro-Hungarian engineers pulling the abandoned transporters back onto the road.

Austro-Hungarian troops march along a road, 1917

Austro-Hungarian troops on the march towards the Isonzo front in one of the fiercely fought over alpine valleys.

Austro-Hungarian storm troops, 1917

Elite Austro-Hungarian storm troops during the twelfth battle of the Isonzo. They try in vain to penetrate the fallback position for fleeing Italian soldiers set up by English and French troops at the Piave. The October offensive comes to a final stop.

Austro-Hungarian engineers build a pontoon dock, 1917

During the twelfth battle of the Isonzo: Austro-Hungarian engineers build a pontoon dock for storm troops at the Piave riverside.

Austro-Hungarian storm troops land with a pontoon, 1917

At the Montello during the twelfth battle of the Isonzo: Austro-Hungarian storm troops land with pontoons and try to establish a bridgehead while being shelled by the enemy. On the right in the background of the picture the impact of a shell.

Nighttime inspection, 1917

Austro-Hungerian officers inspect a fort close to the Isonzo.

Shot to pieces remains of an Italian battery, 1917

During the twelfth battle of the Isonzo: The remains of an Italian battery that was shot to pieces by Austro-Hungarian artillery at the Tagliamento river after the breach of the Isonzo front in October 1917.

German riflemen in Tyrol, 1917

A company of German riflemen in a valley in the Tyrolean Alps. They are in position for the October offensive near Tolmin in 1917, the beginning of the twelfth battle of the Isonzo.

Captured Italian heavy artillery, 1917

October 1917, during the twelfth battle of the Isonzo: German soldiers with an anti-aircraft gun left behind on the Isonzo shore by retreating Italian troops.

Transport of Italian prisoners of war, 1918

Transport of Italian soldiers captured at the mountain front.

Captured heavy artillery, 1917

Soldiers regard a piece of Italian heavy artillery captured in the region of Veneto in the twelfth battle of the Isonzo.

The Piave river, 1918

Boats on the temporarily shallow Piave.

Austro-Hungarian searchlight, 1917

To proctect themselves from Italian surprise attacks at night the Austro-Hungarian troops shine a searchlight onto a village in the no man's land between the frontlines at the Isonzo. The village's church steeple kann be seen in the searchlight's beam.

Transport of captured Italian soldiers, 1917

Transport of a first group of captured Italian troops from the front on a road in the Isonzo valley. These soldiers capitulated after the breach of the Italian front near Bovec on 25 October 1917.

Troops on the road to Cividale, 1917

During the twelfth battle of the Isonzo: German soldiers on the road to Cividale (Cividale del Friuli). In the background the already captured Krn mountains (Monte Nero).

Italian emplacement after a charge, 1917

During the twelfth battle of the Isonzo: An Italian emplacement near Bovec after a charge. Dead soldiers can be seen in the foreground.

Denizens of Goricia, 1917

At the Isonzo front: Denizens of Gorizia have moved into the wine cellar to protect themselves from artillery fire.

Austro-Hungarian soldier at the Piave front, 1918

At the Isonzo front: an Austro-Hungarian soldier at a ruined church at the Italian front. He leans on a bell and regards a destroyed statue of the Virgin Mary.

Barricade in Gorizia, 1917

After the recapture of Gorizia by Austro-Hungarian troops: The barricade at the cemetary gates constructed by Italian soldiers.

Chapel in Gorizia during WWI, 1917

At the Isonzo front: The Ursuline chapel in Gorizia has been relocated into the cellar to protect it from the fighting.

Destroyed church, 1918

At the Isonzo front: The church of San Michele al Tagliamento near the Piave destroyed by Italian shelling.

German-Austrian troops in Italy, 1917

At the Isonzo front: German or Austro-Hungarian troops move past the memorial fountain in the Italian town of Conegliano. In the background the debris of destroyed buildings.

Destroyed castle near the Piave, 1918

At the Isonzo front: The Castle of San Salvatore in Susegana at the Piave partially destroyed by artillery.

Ruin on the Italian front during the First World War

Ruins of a bread factory blown up by Italian soldiers.

Family in Gorizia, 1917

At the Isonzo front: A family in Gorizia has moved into the wine cellar to protect themselves from artillery fire.

Destroyed church in Musile di Piave, 1918

The remains of a church shot to pieces in Musile di Piave at the lower Piave river.

Ruin of the church on Monte Santo on the Isonzo front, 1916

Debris of the monastery church on Monte Santo, devastated by Italian artillery fire.

Destroyed San Dona di Piave at the Isonzofront, 1917

Destruction in San Dona di Piave from the fighting during the German-Austrian October offensive that started the twelfth battle of the Isonzo.

The destroyed town hall of Grisolera, 1918

The destroyed town hall of Grisolera (Eraclea) on the Piave river.

Ruin of the church on Monte Santo on the Isonzo front, 1916

Debris of the monastery church on Monte Santo, devastated by Italian artillery fire.

Italian soldier during a Battle of the Isonzo

Italian soldiers advance on a mountain ridge. Probably a movie still.

Austrian soldiers in an Italian position, 1917

Austrian soldiers have captured an Italian trench and now search the position.

Twelfth battle of the Isonzo in the First World War, 1917

Austrian-Hungarian storm troops break through the front positions of the Italian front under artillery fire on 25 October 1917.

Austro-Hungarian soldiers during one of the battles of Isonzo, 1917

In one of the battles of Isonzo, an Austrian machine gun crew breaks out of a dugout to occupy a position.

Austro-Hungarian soldiers attack on the Italian front, 1917

Austro-Hungarian soldiers leave their trenches to attack. Presumably a movie still.

Austro-Hungarian machine-gunner, 1917

During the eleventh battle of the Isonzo: An already wounded Austro-Hungarian soldier, the ensign Johann Prelipcean, defends his position against Italian troops surrounded by fallen comrades .

Austro-Hungarian post in an emplacement on the Italian front, 1916

Post in the high mountains on the upper Isonzo at the time of the 6th Battle of the Isonzo.

Austro-Hungarian signal men lay telephone cables, 1917

An Austro-Hungarian cable laying troop crosses a river in Italy. Mules carry the cable drums.

Austro-Hungarian troops cross a lake, 1917

During the tenth battle of the Isonzo: Austro-Hungarian soldiers under enemy fire wade through a shallow lake.

German troops on the front in the Alps, 1917

Before the twelfth battle of the Isonzo: German riflemen rest on their march to the front. They are supposed to support the offensive of the German-Austrian units in October 1917.

Austro-Hungarian soldiers in the Alps on the Italian front, 1915

Soldiers climb up to the front emplacements in the area of the Monte Nero (Krn mountains).

Austro-Hungarian troops in Santa Lucia, 1917

During the twelfth battle of the Isonzo: Austro-Hungarian soldiers take a break in the town of Santa Lucia (Most na Soci) in the Isonzo valley. The offensive starting on 24 October 1917 resulted in a breach of the Italian front.

Dug Cave in Arsiero, 1916

Austro-Hungarian soldiers have dug a cave for the men in the heart of a mountain range near Arsiero.

Assault on the Isonzo, 1916

Austro-Hungarian troops assault an Italian position during the 10th battle of the Isonzo.

Austro-Hungarian assault patrol commanders

Austro-Hungarian assault patrol commanders who were awarded several medals pose for the photographer.

Austro-Hungarian mortars at the Italian front, 1916

Austro-Hungarian emplacement with 8.5 inch mortars at the Isonzofront.

A piece of heavy artillery captured near Udine, 1917

After the Italian front in Veneto collapsed, Italian troops tried to escape to the Tagliamento river. Austro-Hungarian troops captured this abandoned piece of heavy artillery near Udine.

German armored cars in Vittorio, 1917

During the twelfth battle of the Isonzo: German and Austro-Hungarian troops capture Vittorio (Vittorio Veneto). The picture shows German armored cars on the Piazza del Duomo of the conquered city.

Emperor Wilhelm II and Emperor Karl I visit the Front, 1917

The monarchs of Germany, Emperor Wilhelm II (2nd fr left), and Austria-Hungary, Emperor Karl I (left), during visit in the area of the Isonzo Front before the twelfth battle of the Isonzo.

Karl I. Karl I during a visit at the Italian front, 1917

Karl I., emperor, Austria, Habsburg, Originale After the twelfth battle of the Isonzo: Karl I emperor of Austria on the way back from a visit to the re-captured town of Gorizia at the Italian front.