The lull in action lasted barely two weeks at which time the Italian offensive started anew. This battle proved Boroević's tactical brilliance despite the limited scope of the front.

Thanks to the low profile held by Boroević's forces, the Austro-Hungarians were able to hold their positions despite heavy casualties, which were dwarfed by those of the Italian Army. The plateau near San Michele was the scene of heavy attacks and counterattacks involving the Italian Third Army and Austro-Hungarian reinforcements from the Eastern and Balkan fronts under the command of Svetozar Boroević both sides suffered heavy casualties. Battle ĭue to extensive artillery barrages, the Italians were able to advance to Plave (Plava in Italian) near Kanal ob Soči, beneath the southern end of the Banjšice Plateau (Bainsizza), and on Mount San Michele on the Kras plateau in an attempt to outflank those forces defending Gorizia.

However, it was chosen because the Austro-Hungarian side had control of most of the other areas in the Isonzo region. Unfortunately for the Italians, it was not a prime location for attack maneuvers, since it had mountainous terrain on both sides. The battle is named for the river that it was fought on (the Isonzo river), as well as the previous battles and the many that would eventually follow. This took place on the Austro-Hungarian side of the border between Austria-Hungary and Italy. Specifically, the two objectives of the attack were Mount Sabotino and Mount San Michele. Cadorna's tactic, of deploying his forces evenly along the entire Soča (Isonzo), proved indecisive, and the Austro-Hungarians took advantage of this by concentrating their firepower in certain areas. The main objectives were to take the Austro-Hungarian bridgeheads at Bovec (Plezzo in Italian), Tolmin, and (if possible) the town of Gorizia. As well as improving artillery, the Italian Army was also issued Adrian Helmets, which proved useful in some situations but overall ineffective. Īfter roughly two and a half months of reprieve to recuperate from the casualties incurred from frontal assaults from the First and Second Battle of the Isonzo, Luigi Cadorna, Italian commander-in-chief, understood that artillery played a fundamental role on the front and brought the total number to 1,250 pieces. The first move was made in Italy, on the eastern sector because this was their third attack that year, it was named as the Third Battle of the Isonzo (as the previous two were named the First and Second Battles of the Isonzo). The Third Battle of the Isonzo was fought from 18 October through 4 November 1915 between the armies of Italy and Austria-Hungary.

2nd Piave River ( Taking of the Col Moschin).

Battles of isonzo