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Definition of Battle of caporetto

1. Noun. Battle of World War I (1917); Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces.

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Literary usage of Battle of caporetto

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Battlefields of the World War, Western and Southern Fronts: A Study in by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1921)
"1 THE battle of caporetto The German high command now planned with admirable skill a stroke designed to shatter the whole eastern Italian front and restore ..."

2. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1922)
"... Serbia in 1915 and Roumania in 1916 was now turned with crushing effect against Italy. The Italian front collapsed after the Battle of Caporetto, ..."

3. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"In Italy work was begun at the time of the great crisis in the military situation of that country, after the battle of Caporetto. ..."

4. Europe Since 1870 by Edward Raymond Turner (1921)
"The result of this battle of Caporetto was that a large part of the Italian army was captured and half of its artillery, with all the territory that it had ..."

5. Europe, 1789-1920 by Edward Raymond Turner (1920)
"The result of this battle of Caporetto was that a large part of the Italian army was captured and half of their artillery. The Teutonic armies did not stop ..."

6. The American Army in the European Conflict by Jacques Aldebert de Pineton Chambrun, Charles Marenches (1919)
"... as occurred at the end of November after the battle of Caporetto, when the Italians lost vast quantities of supplies stored in close proximity ..."

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