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Italian troops with a captured Austrian machine gun during the Seventh Battle of the Isonzo. Image courtesy Italian Army Historic Photogallery. http://www.esercito.difesa.it/comunicazione/pagine/elenco-gallerie.aspx

Italian troops with a captured Austrian machine gun during the Seventh Battle of the Isonzo. Image courtesy Italian Army Historic Photogallery.

  • The Seventh Battle of the Isonzo begins as Italian troops launch a short, concentrated attack on Austro-Hungarian positions near the Isonzo River in north-eastern Italy. Italy sustains 17,000 casualties during the four day battle, Austria-Hungary 15,000
  • British forces storm German trenches along a 1km front to the south-east of Thiepval
  • British troops gain ground towards Machukova in Macedonia
  • Bulgarian troops occupy Kavalla in Greek Macedonia