Ludendorff had the difficult problem of finding adequate resources for an Italian campaign when Russia had not yet capitulated and the British offensive in Flanders made impossible a large withdrawal of troops from France. Erich Ludendorff’s words, “it became necessary to decide for the attack on Italy in order to prevent the collapse of Austria-Hungary.” However, the modest Italian victory so strained Austrian resistance that, in German Gen. Luigi Capello’s Second Army captured a large part of the Bainsizza Plateau (Banjška Planota or Banjšice) north of Gorizia, but a long-sustained effort brought no further success, and Cadorna was forced to break off the offensive on September 12. The question of Allied cooperation on the Isonzo front was raised afresh without result, but Cadorna nevertheless, on August 17, initiated an 11th Battle of the Isonzo. Luigi Cadorna launched his 10th Battle of the Isonzo, but an Austrian counterattack in the Carso sector had retaken part of the small gains made by the Italians. In the wake of the successful Austrian and German advance, more than 600,000 war-weary and demoralized Italian soldiers either deserted or surrendered.
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