The Battle of Caporetto (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo or the Battle of Karfreit as it was known by the Central Powers; Slovene: Čudež pri Kobaridu), took place from 24 October to 19 November 1917, near the town of Kobarid (now in Slovenia), on the Austro-Italian front of World War I. The battle was named after the Italian name of the town of Kobarid (known as Karfreit in German).
Italian 2nd Army (Lieutenant General Luigi Capello)
In 1st line:
IV Corps (Lieutenant General Alberto Cavaciocchi)50th Infantry Division (Major General Giovanni Arrighi)"Friuli" Brigade – 87th and 88th Infantry RegimentsPart of "Foggia" Brigade – 280th Infantry RegimentAlpini battalions "Borgo San Dalmazzo", "Dronero" and "Saluzzo"2nd Alpini Group ("Ceva", "Mondovì" and "Monviso" battalions)43rd Infantry Division (Lieutenant General Angelo Farisoglio)"Genova" Brigade – 97th and 98th Infantry RegimentsPart of "Etna" Brigade – 223rd Infantry Regiment5th Alpini Group ("Monte Albergian", "Val Chisone" and "Belluno" battalions)9th Bersaglieri Regiment46th Infantry Division (Lieutenant General Giulio Amadei)"Caltanissetta" Brigade – 147th and 148th Infantry Regiments"Alessandria" Brigade – 155th and 156th Infantry RegimentsPart of "Etna" Brigade – 224th Infantry Regiment2nd Bersaglieri Regiment34th Infantry Division, Corps reservePart of "Foggia" Brigade – 281st and 282nd Infantry Regiments"Monte Argentera" Alpini battalionXXVII Corps (Lieutenant General Pietro Badoglio)19th Infantry Division (Major General Giovanni Villani)"Napoli" Brigade – 75th and 76th Infantry Regiments"Spezia" Brigade – 125th and 126th Infantry Regiments"Taro" Brigade – 207th and 208th Infantry Regiments (less 1 bn.)65th Infantry DivisionPart of "Belluno" Brigade – 274th Infantry Regiment, I and II/275th Infantry Regiment22nd Infantry Division"Pescara" Brigade – 211th and 212th Infantry Regiments64th Infantry DivisionPart of "Belluno" Brigade – 276th Infantry Regimentt, III/275th Infantry RegimentPart of "Taro" Brigade – II/208th Infantry RegimentCorps reserve:10th Alpini Group ("Vicenza", "Monte Berico", "Morbegno" and "Val d'Adige" battalions)"Puglie" Brigade – 71st and 72nd Infantry Regiments (already in line)"Roma" Brigade – 79th and 80th Infantry Regiments (already in line)XXIV Corps (Lieutenant General Enrico Caviglia)49th Infantry Division"Ravenna" Brigade – 37th and 38th Infantry Regiments"Lambro" Brigade – 205th and 206th Infantry Regiments (on the morning of 24 October, transferred to XIV Corps, replaced by "Palermo" Brigade)"Sele" Brigade – 219th and 220th Infantry Regiments68th Infantry Division"Grosseto" Brigade – 237th and 238th Infantry Regiments10th Infantry Division"Verona" Brigade – 83rd and 84th Infantry Regiments"Campobasso" Brigade – 229th and 230th Infantry RegimentsII Corps (Major General Alberico Albricci)67th Infantry Division"Cremona" Brigade – 21st and 22nd Infantry Regiments"Tortona" Brigade – 257th and 258th Infantry Regiments44th Infantry Division"Re" Brigade – 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments"Brescia" Brigade – 19th and 20th Infantry Regiments8th Infantry Division"Udine" Brigade – 95th and 96th Infantry Regiments"Forlì" Brigade – 43rd and 44th Infantry RegimentsCorps reserve:"Aquila" Brigade – 269th and 270th Infantry RegimentsVI Corps (Lieutenant General Giacomo Lombardi)66th Infantry Division"Cuneo" Brigade – 7th and 8th Infantry Regiments"Abruzzi" Brigade – 57th and 58th Infantry Regiments"Milano" Brigade – 159th and 160th Infantry Regiments (tactically available to the army and detached to XXVIII Corps)24th Infantry Division"Emilia" Brigade – 119th and 120th Infantry Regiments"Gaeta" Brigade – 263rd and 264th Infantry RegimentsVIII Corps (Major General Francesco Grazioli)48th Infantry Division"Piemonte" Brigade – 3rd and 4th Infantry Regiments"Porto Maurizio" Brigade – 253rd and 254th Infantry Regiments59th Infantry Division"Modena" Brigade – 41st and 42nd Infantry Regiments"Pesaro" Brigade – 239th and 240th Infantry Regiments7th Infantry Division"Bergamo" Brigade – 25th and 26th Infantry Regiments"Lucca" Brigade – 163rd and 164th Infantry Regiments"Sesia" Brigade – 201st and 202nd Infantry Regiments (fortified town of Gorizia, tactically available to the army)In 2nd line:
VII Corps (Major General Luigi Bongiovanni)3rd Infantry Division"Arno" Brigade – 213th and 214th Infantry Regiments"Elba" Brigade – 261st and 262nd Infantry Regiments62nd Infantry Division"Salerno" Brigade – 89th and 90th Infantry RegimentsIV Bersaglieri Brigade – 14th and 20th Bersaglieri RegimentsCorps reserve:"Firenze" Brigade – 127th and 128th Infantry RegimentsXIV Corps (Lieutenant General Sagramoso) – Army Reserve Command20th Infantry Division"Livorno" Brigade – 33rd and 34th Infantry Regiments"Palermo" Brigade – 67th and 68th Infantry Regiments30th Infantry Division"Treviso" Brigade – 115th and 116th Infantry Regiments"Girgenti" Brigade – 247th and 248th Infantry RegimentsXXVIII Corps (Major General Saporiti) – Army Reserve Command23rd Infantry Division"Venezia" Brigade – 83rd and 84th Infantry Regiments"Messina" Brigade – 93rd and 94th Infantry Regiments"Sassari" Brigade – 151st and 152nd Infantry Regiments"Avellino" Brigade – 231st and 232nd Infantry Regiments47th Infantry DivisionI Bersaglieri Brigade – 6th and 12th Bersaglieri RegimentsV Bersaglieri Brigade – 4th and 21st Bersaglieri Regiments"Milano" Brigade – 159th and 160th Infantry Regiments (detached from the 66th Infantry Division, VI Corps)Reserves of the Supreme Command60th Infantry Division (attached to VIII Corps)"Ferrara" Brigade – 47th and 48th Infantry Regiments"Taranto" Brigade – 143rd and 144th Infantry Regiments53rd Infantry Division (attached to XIV Corps)"Vicenza" Brigade – 227th, 228th and 229th Infantry Regiments"Potenza" Brigade – 271st, 272nd and 273rd Infantry Regiments13th Infantry Division (attached to XXVIII Corps)"Jonio" Brigade – 221st and 222nd Infantry Regiments"Massa Carrara" Brigade – 251st and 252nd Infantry Regiments"Teramo" Brigade – 241st and 242nd Infantry Regiments (attached to XXVIII Corps)South Tyrolean Army Group (Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf)10th Army (Alexander von Krobatin)11th Army (Viktor Graf von Scheuchenstuel)XX Army Corps (Josef Roth)Gruppe Erzherzog Peter Ferdinand (Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria)German 14th Army (General der Infanterie Otto von Below)
Austro-Hungarian I Corps (Group Krauss – General der Infanterie Alfred Krauß)Austro-Hungarian 3rd Infantry Division "Edelweiss" (Generalmajor Heinrich Wieden Edler von Alpenbach)216th Infantry Brigade59th Infantry Regiment "Erzherzog Rainer"4th Kaiserjäger Regiment (1 bn. only)217th Infantry Brigade14th Infantry Regiment "Ernst Ludwig Großherzog von Hessen und bei Rhein"3rd Kaiserjäger RegimentAustro-Hungarian 22nd Schützen Division (Generalmajor Rudolf Müller)4th Schützen BrigadeIII Kaiserschützen Regiment "Innichen" (less 1 bn.)26th Schützen Regiment "Marburg"98th Schützen BrigadeI Kaiserschützen Regiment "Trient"II Kaiserschützen Regiment "Bozen"Austro-Hungarian 55th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Felix Prinz zu Schwarzenberg)55th Sturmbataillon26th Mountain Infantry Brigade4th Bosnia/Herzegovina Infantry Regiment7th Infantry Regiment "Graf von Khevenhüller"38th Infantry Brigade2nd Bosnia/Herzegovina Infantry Regiment4th Bosnia/Herzegovina Infantry Regiment (1 bn. only)7th Infantry Regiment "Graf von Khevenhüller" (1 bn. only)German Jäger Division (Colonel von Wodkte)5th Ersatz Infantry Brigade11th Jäger RegimentStaff of 4th Dragoons RegimentGuards Reserve Jäger BattalionGuards Reserve Schützen Battalion1st Jäger Battalion12th Jäger RegimentStaff of 2nd Uhlans Regiment2nd Jäger Battalion7th Jäger Battalion1st Reserve Jäger Battalion13th Jäger RegimentStaff of 8th Bavarian Chevaulégers Regiment8th Reserve Jäger Battalion20th Reserve Jäger Battalion21st Reserve Jäger BattalionSturmbataillon "Kronprinz Rupprecht" (Bavaria)Sturmbataillon "Deutscher Kronprinz" (Bavaria)Sturmbataillon "Herzog Albrecht" (Bavaria)Württemberg Mountain Battalion, (later detached to the Alpenkorps)III Bavarian Corps (Group Stein – Generalleutnant Hermann Freiherr von Stein)Austro-Hungarian 50th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Karl Geřabek)3rd Mountain Infantry Brigade30th Infantry Regiment "Schoedler" (1 bn. only)33rd Infantry Regiment "Kaiser Leopold II" (1 bn. only)46th Infantry Regiment (1 bn. only)80th Infantry Regiment "Wilhelm Ernst Großherzog von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Herzog zu Sachsen" (1 bn. only)25th Feldjäger Battalion155th Landsturm Regiment15th Mountain Infantry Brigade1st Bosnia/Herzegovina Infantry Regiment (less 1 bn.)18th Infantry Regiment "Erzherzog Leopold Salvator" (1 bn. only)37th Infantry Regiment "Erzherzog Joseph" (1 bn. only)61st Infantry Regiment "Ritter von Frank" (1 bn. only)German 12th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Arnold Lequis)24th Infantry Brigade23rd (2nd Upper Silesian) Infantry Regiment "von Winterfeldt"62nd (3rd Upper Silesian) Infantry Regiment63rd (4th Upper Silesian) Infantry RegimentGerman 117th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Paul Seydel)233rd Infantry Brigade157th (4th Silesian) Infantry Regiment11th Reserve Infantry Regiment22nd Reserve Infantry RegimentGerman Alpenkorps (Generalmajor Ludwig von Tutschek)1st Bavarian Jäger BrigadeRoyal Bavarian Infantry Lifeguards Regiment1st Bavarian Jäger Regiment1st Bavarian Jäger Battalion "King"2nd Bavarian Jäger Battalion2nd Bavarian Reserve Jäger Battalion2nd Jäger Regiment10th Jäger Battalion10th Reserve Jäger Battalion14th Reserve Jäger BattalionGerman 51st Corps (Group Berrer – Generalleutnant Albert von Berrer to 28 October 1917 then von Hofacker)German 26th (1st Württemberg) Infantry Division (Generalleutnant Eberhard von Hofacker)51st Infantry Brigade119th (1st Württemberg) Grenadier Regiment "Queen Olga"121st (3rd Württemberg) (Old Württemberg) Infantry Regiment125th (7th Württemberg) Infantry Regiment "Emperor Frederick, King of Prussia"German 200th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Hans von Below)2nd Jäger Brigade3rd Jäger Regiment1st (Bavarian) Ski Battalion2nd Ski Battalion3rd Ski Battalion4th (Bavarian) Ski Battalion4th Jäger Regiment11th Jäger Battalion5th Reserve Jäger Battalion6th Reserve Jäger Battalion5th Jäger Regiment17th Reserve Jäger Battalion18th Reserve Jäger Battalion23rd Reserve Jäger BattalionAustro-Hungarian XV Corps (Group Scotti – Feldmarschalleutnant Karl Scotti)Austro-Hungarian 1st Infantry Division (Feldmarschalleutnant Joseph Metzger)7th Mountain Infantry Brigade5th Infantry Regiment "Freiherr von Klobucar" (1 bn. only)25th Infantry Regiment "Edler von Pokorny" (1 bn. only)53rd Infantry Regiment "Dankl" (1 bn. only)66th Infantry Regiment "Erzherzog Peter Ferdinand" (1 bn. only)86th Infantry Regiment "Freiherr von Steininger" (1 bn. only)3rd Bosnia/Herzegovina Feldjäger Battalion22nd Mountain Infantry Brigade4th Bosnia/Herzegovina Infantry Regiment (1 bn. only)17th Feldjäger Battalion31st Feldjäger Battalion37th Schützen Regiment "Gravosa" (2 bns.)92nd Infantry Regiment "Edler von Hortstein"German 5th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Hasso Georg von Wedel)10th Infantry Brigade8th (1st Brandenburg) Life Grenadier Regiment "King Frederick William III"12th (2nd Brandenburg) Grenadier Regiment "Prince Charles of Prussia"52nd (6th Brandenburg) Infantry Regiment "von Alvensleben"Army ReserveAustro-Hungarian 4th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Rudolf Pfeffer)7th Infantry Brigade88th Infantry Regiment99th Infantry Regiment8th Infantry Brigade8th Infantry Regiment "Erzherzog Karl Stephan"49th Infantry Regiment "Freiherr von Hess"Austro-Hungarian 13th Schützen Division (Feldmarschalleutnant Franz Kalser Edler von Maasfeld)25th Schützen Brigade1st Schützen Regiment "Wien"24th Schützen Regiment "Wien"26th Schützen Brigade14th Schützen Regiment "Brünn"25th Schützen Regiment "Kremsier"Austro-Hungarian 33rd Infantry Division (Generalmajor Artur Iwański)65th Infantry Brigade19th Infantry Regiment "Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand"36th Infantry Regiment "Reichsgraf Browne"66th Infantry Brigade12th Infantry Regiment "Parmann"83rd Infantry Regiment "Freiherr von Schikovsky"Later reinforcements to the 14th ArmyAustro-Hungarian 35th Infantry Division (Feldmarschalleutnant Eugen von Podhoránszky) (from 2nd Isonzo Army)69th Infantry Brigade51st Infantry Regiment "von Boroeviċ"63rd Infantry Regiment "Freiherr von Pitreich"70th Infantry Brigade62nd Infantry Regiment "Ludwig III, König von Bayern"64th Infantry Regiment "Ritter von Auffenberg"Austro-Hungarian 94th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Marcel Ławrowski Edler von Plöcken)Group Lesachtal148th Landsturm BattalionSalzsburg Volunteer Schützen BattalionStyria Volunteer Schützen Battalion25th Mountain Infantry Brigade18th Schützen Regiment "Przemyšl" (1 bn. only)8th Feldjäger Battalion??? Ersatz Feldjäger Battalion26th Landsturm Regiment (1 bn. only)30th Landsturm Battalion57th Mountain Infantry Brigade26th Landsturm Regiment (2 bns.)151st Landsturm Battalion157th Landsturm Battalion???th SturmbataillonArmy Group "Boroević" (Generaloberst Svetozar Boroević)
Austro-Hungarian 2nd Isonzo Army (part) (General der Infanterie Johann Ritter von Henriquez)
Austro-Hungarian Group Kosak (Feldmarschalleutnant Ferdinand Kosak)Austro-Hungarian 60th Infantry Division (Feldmarschalleutnant Ludwig Goiginger)2nd Mountain Infantry Brigade8th Infantry Regiment "Erzherzog Karl Stephan" (1 bn. only)52nd Infantry Regiment "Erzherzog Friedrich" (1 bn. only)55th Infantry Regiment (1 bn. only)70th Infantry Regiment "Edler von Appel" (1 bn. only)12th Feldjäger Battalion8th Bosnia/Herzegovina Feldjäger Battalion10th Mountain Infantry Brigade20th Infantry Regiment "Heinrich Prinz von Preußen" (1 bn. only)21st Infantry Regiment "Graf von Abensperg und Traun" (1 bn. only)47th Infantry Regiment "Graf von Beck-Rzikowsky" (1 bn. only)90th Infantry Regiment "Edler von Horsetzky" (1 bn. only)1st Bosnia/Herzegovina Feldjäger Battalion4th Bosnia/Herzegovina Feldjäger BattalionAustro-Hungarian 35th Infantry Division (Feldmarschalleutnant Eugen von Podhoránszky) (later to 14th Army)69th Infantry Brigade51st Infantry Regiment "von Boroevic"63rd Infantry Regiment "Freiherr von Pitreich70th Infantry Brigade62nd Infantry Regiment "Ludwig III, König von Bayern"64th Infantry Regiment "Ritter von Auffenberg"Austro-Hungarian 57th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Joseph Hrozný Edler von Bojemil)5th Infantry Brigade22nd Infantry Regiment "Graf von Lacy" (less 1 Bn.)57th Infantry Regiment "Prinz zu Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld"2nd Landsturm Regiment (1 bn. only)18th Infantry Brigade87th Infantry Regiment "Freiherr von Succovaty"34th Infantry Regiment "Wilhelm I, Deutscher Kaiser und König von Preußen" (1 bn. only)69th Infantry Regiment "Freiherr von Leithner" (1 bn. only)8th Feldjäger Battalion
