Jul 12, 2020
Jun 16 1915 Italians take Mt Krn
On June 16, 1915, the elite Italian unit the 3rd Regiment Alpini scale the cliffs of Mount Krn or Monte Nero in the dead of night. To maintain silence the Italian commander has the men climb barefoot with no packs, "with their boots swaddled in sacks of straw to reduce noise," some of them barefoot, and others wearing only socks, and battled the Hungarian battalion of the 4th Honved Regiment."It was a glorious success, the first of the war, presaging others that never materialized."
July 10 1915 - Drawn by H. W. Koekkoek from a sketch by Julius Price
Jul 17 1915 Illustrated London News
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