page_title: 1918 in Italy
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 1918 in Italy / Events
caption_attribution_description: English: British and Italian convoys passing abandoned Austro-Hungarian artillery on the Val d'Assa mountain road. This pass was entered by the 143rd Infantry Brigade, 48th Division, at 10am, 2nd November.
context_page_description: 1917 in Italy,
  other events of 1918,
  1919 in Italy.
  Events from the year 1918 in Italy.
context_section_description: In the autumn of 1917 at the Battle of Caporetto, the Germans and Austrians had defeated the Italians who fell back to the Piave. The Royal Italian Army lost over 300,000 men. Italy reorganizes the army under the new commander General Armando Diaz and receives reinforcements of the Allied powers.
caption: British and Italian troops passing abandoned Austro-Hungarian artillery on the Val d'Assa mountain road 2 November 1918
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