Contemporary newspaper reports of the Battle of the Piave (both from British and Austrian sources) and the 1/8^th Worcestershire war diary identifies several locations: Perghele, Canove, Carriola, Ambrosini, the Lemerle Switch and Cesuna Switch/church. However, these locations are not on maps of this battle. Most show Valdagno, Shio and Asiago which are on the probable route the 1/8^th took in their deployment from their reserve location on 16^th June but I would like to follow their specific route through this misty mountainous terrain. Only the last 3 locations can be found on Google Earth.

 So far I have the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Piave_River#/media/File:Battle_of_the_Piave_River_1918.jpg

 And from: https://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/piaveriver.htm

 A less detailed map: https://warhistory.org/@msw/article/battle-of-the-asiago-plateau-and-the-piave-river-july-1918

 From long trail better detail: https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2021/04/map_Italy_5_Asiago.jpg

 For my grandfather’s war history, I was able to download relevant maps from The National Library of Scotland: British First World War Trench Maps, 1915-1918 - Maps of the Western Front in the Great War depicting British and German trenches.

 Are there any sources (online or otherwise) for similar war maps for Italy, specifically for this 1918 Piave campaign?

thanks

david clayton

I found this forum when  looking for information about my great grandparents who fought on the Italian front in WW1

one in particular his unit was disbanded after great losses so I am hypothesising that he may have been a POW

any idea if there exists lists of Italian POWs??

If you have a chance, pop into a summary of the battle by Chris Baker here.

There is also an excellent 360 degree view from Yvan of Boscon British Cemetery, where many of the British casualties are buried.

The map display’s the GIS location of various WW1 related sites across the old Italian front. I have found it very useful in planning a trip this summer. 
Jervis

I'm just curious about something.  One of the soldiers I am researching was sent home to Australia from France for 'furlough' (he was in the 12th Battalion AIF).  The exact date of his leaving France was not recorded, however it was recorded in his service notes that he left Taranto Italy on the Kaiser-I-Hind on the 24th of September 1918.  He seems to have been transferred to the Devon, leaving Suez on the 13th of October and was able to disembark at Australia in November of 1918.  I'm just curious about this method to bring him home.  All of the soldiers I am researching left France for England first, and then home to Australia from there.  Why would he have been sent to Italy, then Suez, and then finally to Australia?  Does anyone know?

Thanks,
Tam

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1970-073-25,_Isonzo-Schlacht,_Trainkolonne_am_Moistroka-Pass.jpg#mw-jump-to-license

I quite fancy trying to "Then & Now " it later this year.

I've been up & down it on Google Streetview but had no luck.

Cheers.

Hi

Can I ask members for recommendations for an general overview/introductory book on the Italian front? 

There maybe an existing thread - but I could not find it. 

I am thinking of starting with the white war by Thompson which looks good. However I read a review that said it is focused on Italian side only. I am wondering is there a similar book incorporating the German & Austria side too. Any help appreciated. 

Thanks Jervis

Anyone able to identify the Scottish regiment?

Many thanks,

Dave 

Is there any information on British units which fought in that battle?

I know that the British on their 1:10,000 maps used the Lambert grid but I still don't understand the geographical significance of these references.

I will transcribe an example: ”.....runnuing from about H.356.513 to H.339.484......”

Can you indicate how these numbers should be read?

Grazie

Paolo

Any information on the campaign would be much appreciated or where to get other sources 

steven

Grateful if anyone has information about RE’s at the battle and would he have been awarded a campaign medal if he had been there?
 

thanks

I am looking for info on 24CCS in Italy in 1918, and more specifically any details on locations, and staffing. An Australian nurse was the sister in charge - Sister Lily Mackenzie - so anything mentioning her would be terrific.

many thanks

Kirsty Harris

This may be for a separate post (I apologize in advance), but without flooding the forum with multiple posts, does anyone know if there is a way to locate where a particular soldier may be buried? My great granduncle succumbed to wounds while in the 14th health section on 15 June 1916 after suffering wounds sustained in combat. He was with the 26th Lancieri di Vercelli regiment. I was able to determine the 14th Health Section was located in Marcorina until the 15th of June and then moved to Monfalcone. Is this just a coincidence that he died on the date of movement?

I visited Rome last week and visited the Vatican Museums. Exhibited there is an WW1 Italian Army’s Field Altar which saw service on the Italian Front. It was given to the Pope Francis by the Italian Army when a Mass celebrated in Redipuglia Military Cemetery in September 2014, as part of the centenary commemorations. Among the gifts he received was the discharge certificate given to his paternal grandfather, Giovanni Carlo Begolio, a radio-telegraph operator and rifleman, who fought on the Isonzo River. The Pope recalled, ‘I heard many painful stories from the lips of my grandfather … and once the war was over, with the Italian economy in difficulty, he decided to emigrate to Argentina.'

Apologies for the quality of the photos - the exhibit was behind glass.

If you want to know more about this front of the Great War, then the latest addition to Mat Dixon's podcast 'Footsteps of the Fallen' is a talk between Matt and Tom Isitt on the Italian Front. I highly recommend it.
 

I have never come accross one but my Italian is so rudimentary I may have seen one and not realised.

I found my self shocked while reading a passage describing how the 'Battle Police' were pulling officers out of a retreating mass of soldiers (departing from the disaster of the Battle of Caporetto) and executing them for abandoning their men amongst other reasons.

Is there any expert on the Italian Front during WWI who could comment whether this reflects what actually happened, or was Hemingway deviating from what had actually happened for the sake of his novel?

Arthur

I just registered on this forum.

I’m Italian and I’m doing a research about the British Army intervention in Italy during 1917-1918.

I'd be interested to maps of the trenches, in particular indicating barracks, reserve and artillery positions in the area of the Asiago plateau.

If you have any one, I would be very pleased to see it, or just have a copy of that!

So I can find the places and I can map this with GPS.

Can anyone help me?

Andrea

The fighting there was as intense and bloody as anything in that war, and the conditions were appalling.

I know little about it. The names Isonzo, Asiago, Carso, Trentino, Piave come to mind, and images of snow, ice, mountains, mud, avalanches etc.

Forgive me if I'm wrong...maybe you folks have already discussed this theatre of the war, and feel that there's not much more to be said.

I would like to learn more about it. Any suggestions/recommendations?

Phil.

I'm a writer looking to get published in the future and I have a few questions regarding this specific topic. I'm writing a historical fiction set during the Great War but I'm currently only doing research for now. 

1. In the Italian front of the war, did military chaplains stay with the army or were they assigned to other positions outside of giving last rites and final absolution?

2. Were there mercy dogs in the Dolomites?

3. What did Catholic military chaplains look like? Are there photos of them in uniform while in the front lines in the Dolomites?

These are the only questions I can think of for now, I might add more later. Also, sorry for posting these here. I don't know where else to ask them as I've scoured the internet for the answers to them, but they have been insufficient.