Battle of Mount Ortigara

Battle of Mount Ortigara
Part of the Italian Front of the First World War
Mount Ortigara summit
Date 10–25 June 1917 Location Southern Trentino, present-day Italy 46°0′36.000″N 11°31′18.998″E / 46.01000000°N 11.52194389°E / 46.01000000; 11.52194389 Result Austro-Hungarian victory[1]
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy	Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Luigi Cadorna Ettore Mambretti	Arthur Arz von Straussenburg Viktor Graf von Scheuchenstuel
Units involved
6th Army	11th Army
Strength
300,000 1,600 guns	100,000 500 guns
Casualties and losses
23,000 dead or wounded	9,000 dead or wounded
class=notpageimage| Location within Italy

The Battle of Mount Ortigara was fought from 10 to 25 June 1917 between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies for possession of Mount Ortigara, in the Asiago Plateau.