The Battle of Caporetto (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo or the Battle of Karfreit as it was known by the Central Powers; ), took place from 24 October to 19 November 1917, near the town of Kobarid (now in Slovenia), on the Austro-Italian front of World War I. The battle was named after the Italian name of the town of Kobarid (known as Karfreit in German).

Italian Army

Outline order of battle + Organization of the Italian 2nd Army on 24 October 1917 Corps Division In 1st Line IV Corps 50th Infantry Division 43rd Infantry Division 46th Infantry Division 34th Infantry Division (Corps Reserve) XXVII Corps 19th Infantry Division 65th Infantry Division 22nd Infantry Division 64th Infantry Division Corps Reserve XXIV Corps 49th Infantry Division 68th Infantry Division 10th Infantry Division II Corps 67th Infantry Division 44th Infantry Division 8th Infantry Division Corps Reserve VI Corps 66th Infantry Division 24th Infantry Division VIII Corps 48th Infantry Division 59th Infantry Division 7th Infantry Division In 2nd Line VII Corps 3rd Infantry Division 62nd Infantry Division Corps Reserve XIV Corps (Army Reserve) 20th Infantry Division 30th Infantry Division XXVIII Corps (Army Reserve) 23rd Infantry Division 47th Infantry Division Reserve of the Supreme Command 60th Infantry Division (attached to VIII Corps) 53rd Infantry Division (attached to XIV Corps) 13th Infantry Division (attached to XXVIII Corps)

Detailed order of battle Italian 2nd Army (Lieutenant General Luigi Capello)

In 1st line:

IV Corps (Lieutenant General Alberto Cavaciocchi) 50th Infantry Division (Major General Giovanni Arrighi) Brigade "Friuli" – 87th Infantry Regiment and 88th Infantry Regiment 280th Infantry Regiment (Brigade "Foggia") 2nd Alpini Group — Alpini battalions "Ceva", "Mondovì", and "Monviso" AlpiniAlpini were elite mountain warfare troops battalions: "Borgo San Dalmazzo", "Dronero", and "Saluzzo" 43rd Infantry Division (Lieutenant General Angelo Farisoglio) Brigade "Genova" – 97th Infantry Regiment and 98th Infantry Regiment 223rd Infantry Regiment (Brigade "Etna") 5th Alpini Group — Alpini battalions "Monte Albergian", "Val Chisone", and "Belluno" 9th Bersaglieri RegimentBersaglieri (marksman in English) were elite light infantry. 46th Infantry Division (Lieutenant General Giulio Amadei) Brigade "Caltanissetta" – 147th Infantry Regiment and 148th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Alessandria" – 155th Infantry Regiment and 156th Infantry Regiment 224th Infantry Regiment (Brigade "Etna") 2nd Bersaglieri Regiment 34th Infantry Division, Corps reserve Brigade "Foggia" – 281st Infantry Regiment and 282nd Infantry Regiment Alpini Battalion "Monte Argentera" XXVII Corps (Lieutenant General Pietro Badoglio) 19th Infantry Division (Major General Giovanni Villani) Brigade "Napoli" – 75th Infantry Regiment and 76th Infantry RegimentOriginal on Italian wiki shows 75th Infantry Regiment and 78th Infantry Regiment. Corrected as per . Brigade "Spezia" – 125th Infantry Regiment and 126th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Taro" – 207th Infantry Regiment and 208th Infantry Regiment (less 1 battalion) 65th Infantry Division Brigade "Belluno" – 274th Infantry Regiment, I Battalion and II Battalion/ 275th Infantry Regiment 22nd Infantry Division Brigade "Pescara" – 211th Infantry Regiment and 212th Infantry Regiment 64th Infantry Division Brigade "Belluno" – 276th Infantry Regiment, III Battalion/ 275th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Taro" – II Battalion/ 208th Infantry Regiment Corps reserve: 10th Alpini Group — Alpini battalions "Vicenza", "Monte Berico", "Morbegno", and "Val d'Adige" Brigade "Puglie" – 71st Infantry Regiment and 72nd Infantry Regiment (already in line) Brigade "Roma" – 79th Infantry Regiment and 80th Infantry Regiment (already in line)Original on Italian wiki shows 78th Infantry Regiment and 80th Infantry Regiment. Corrected as per . Note Brigade "Napoli" (19th Infantry Division, XXVII Corps) also showed a 78th Regiment. XXIV Corps (Lieutenant General Enrico Caviglia) 49th Infantry Division Brigade "Ravenna" – 37th Infantry Regiment and 38th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Lambro" – 205th Infantry Regiment and 206th Infantry Regiment (on the morning of 24 October, transferred to XIV Corps, replaced by the Brigade "Palermo") Brigade "Sele" – 219th Infantry Regiment and 220th Infantry Regiment 68th Infantry Division Brigade "Grosseto" – 237th Infantry Regiment and 238th Infantry Regiment 10th Infantry Division Brigade "Verona" – 85th Infantry Regiment and 86th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Campobasso" – 229th Infantry Regiment and 230th Infantry Regiment II Corps (Major General Alberico Albricci) 67th Infantry Division Brigade "Cremona" – 21st Infantry Regiment and 22nd Infantry Regiment Brigade "Tortona" – 257th Infantry Regiment and 258th Infantry Regiment 44th Infantry Division Brigade "Re" – 1st Infantry Regiment and 2nd Infantry Regiment Brigade "Brescia" – 19th Infantry Regiment and 20th Infantry Regiment 8th Infantry Division Brigade "Udine" – 95th Infantry Regiment and 96th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Forlì" – 43rd Infantry Regiment and 44th Infantry Regiment Corps reserve: Brigade "Aquila" – 269th Infantry Regiment and 270th Infantry Regiment VI Corps (Lieutenant General Giacomo Lombardi) 66th Infantry Division Brigade "Cuneo" – 7th Infantry Regiment and 8th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Abruzzi" – 57th Infantry Regiment and 58th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Milano" – 159th Infantry Regiment and 160th Infantry Regiment (tactically available to the army Infantry Regiment and detached to XXVIII Corps) 24th Infantry Division Brigade "Emilia" – 119th Infantry Regiment and 120th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Gaeta" – 263rd Infantry Regiment and 264th Infantry Regiment VIII Corps (Major General Francesco Grazioli) 48th Infantry Division Brigade "Piemonte" – 3rd Infantry Regiment and 4th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Porto Maurizio" – 253rd Infantry Regiment and 254th Infantry Regiment 59th Infantry Division Brigade "Modena" – 41st Infantry Regiment and 42nd Infantry Regiment Brigade "Pesaro" – 239th Infantry Regiment and 240th Infantry Regiment 7th Infantry Division Brigade "Bergamo" – 25th Infantry Regiment and 26th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Lucca" – 163rd Infantry Regiment and 164th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Sesia" – 201st Infantry Regiment and 202nd Infantry Regiment (fortified town of Gorizia, tactically available to the army)

In 2nd line:

VII Corps (Major General Luigi Bongiovanni) 3rd Infantry Division Brigade "Arno" – 213th Infantry Regiment and 214th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Elba" – 261st Infantry Regiment and 262nd Infantry Regiment 62nd Infantry Division Brigade "Salerno" – 89th Infantry Regiment and 90th Infantry Regiment IV Bersaglieri Brigade – 14th Bersaglieri Regiment Infantry Regiment and 20th Bersaglieri Regiment Corps reserve: Brigade "Firenze" – 127th Infantry Regiment and 128th Infantry Regiment XIV Corps (Lieutenant General Sagramoso) – Army Reserve Command 20th Infantry Division Brigade "Livorno" – 33rd Infantry Regiment and 34th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Palermo" – 67th Infantry Regiment and 68th Infantry Regiment 30th Infantry Division Brigade "Treviso" – 115th Infantry Regiment and 116th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Girgenti" – 247th Infantry Regiment and 248th Infantry Regiment XXVIII Corps (Major General Saporiti) – Army Reserve Command 23rd Infantry Division Brigade "Venezia" – 83rd Infantry Regiment and 84th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Messina" – 93rd Infantry Regiment and 94th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Sassari" – 151st Infantry Regiment and 152nd Infantry Regiment Brigade "Avellino" – 231st Infantry Regiment and 232nd Infantry Regiment 47th Infantry Division I Bersaglieri Brigade – 6th Bersaglieri Regiment and 12th Bersaglieri Regiment V Bersaglieri Brigade – 4th Bersaglieri Regiment and 21st Bersaglieri Regiment Brigade "Milano" – 159th Infantry Regiment and 160th Infantry Regiment (detached from the 66th Infantry Division, VI Corps) Reserves of the Supreme Command 60th Infantry Division (attached to VIII Corps) Brigade "Ferrara" – 47th Infantry Regiment and 48th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Taranto" – 143rd Infantry Regiment and 144th Infantry Regiment 53rd Infantry Division (attached to XIV Corps) Brigade "Vicenza" – 277th Infantry Regiment, 278th Infantry Regiment and 279th Infantry Regiment Brigade "Potenza" – 271st Infantry Regiment, 272nd Infantry Regiment and 273rd Infantry Regiment 13th Infantry Division (attached to XXVIII Corps) Brigade "Ionio" – 221st Infantry Regiment and 222nd Infantry Regiment Brigade "Massa Carrara" – 251st Infantry Regiment and 252nd Infantry Regiment Brigade "Teramo" – 241st Infantry Regiment and 242nd Infantry Regiment (attached to XXVIII Corps)

German and Austro-Hungarian Armies

Outline order of battle

+ Organization of the German and Austro-Hungarian Armies on 24 October 1917 Army Corps Division German 14th Army Group KraussAustro-Hungarian I Corps Austro-Hungarian 3rd "Edelweiss" Infantry Division Austro-Hungarian 22nd SchützenIn this context, Schützen designates units drawn from the Austrian k.k. Landwehr. Division Austro-Hungarian 55th Infantry Division German Jäger DivisionJäger literally means "hunter" in German, in military contexts Jäger may be regarded as meaning "rifleman". Group SteinGerman III Bavarian Corps Austro-Hungarian 50th Infantry Division German 12th Infantry Division German 117th Infantry Division German AlpenkorpsAlpenkorps was a division sized unit, despite its name. Group BerrerGerman 51st Corps German 26th (1st Württemberg) Infantry Division German 200th Infantry Division Group ScottiAustro-Hungarian XV Corps Austro-Hungarian 1st Infantry Division German 5th Infantry Division Army Reserve Austro-Hungarian 4th Infantry Division Austro-Hungarian 13th Schützen Division Austro-Hungarian 33rd Infantry Division Later reinforcements Austro-Hungarian 35th Infantry Division(from 2nd Isonzo Army) Austro-Hungarian 94th Infantry Division Army Group Boroević Austro-Hungarian 2nd Isonzo Army (part)At this point, 2nd Isonzo Army also commanded XXIV Corps (24th and 53rd Divisions), IV Corps (43rd and 20th Divisions), and a Reserve (28th, 29th and 9th Divisions) – all Austro-Hungarian. Group Kosak Austro-Hungarian 60th Infantry Division Austro-Hungarian 35th Infantry Division(later to 14th Army) Austro-Hungarian 57th Infantry Division

Secondary attacks

South Tyrolean Army Group (Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf) 10th Army (Alexander von Krobatin) 11th Army (Viktor Graf von Scheuchenstuel) XX Army Corps (Josef Roth) Gruppe Erzherzog Peter Ferdinand (Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria)

Detailed order of battle

German 14th Army (General der InfanterieGerman and Austro-Hungarian ranks deliberately given in German language for clarity. At this time, for example, a Generalmajor was not the same as a Major General in UK or US armies. Otto von Below)

Austro-Hungarian I Corps (Group Krauss – General der Infanterie Alfred Krauß) Austro-Hungarian 3rd Infantry Division "Edelweiss" (Generalmajor Heinrich Wieden Edler von Alpenbach) 216th Infantry Brigade 59th Infantry Regiment "Erzherzog Rainer" 4th KaiserjägerKaiserjäger were specialist mountain troops of the Austro-Hungarian k. und k. Common Army. Regiment (1 bn. only) 217th Infantry Brigade 14th Infantry Regiment "Ernst Ludwig Großherzog von Hessen und bei Rhein" 3rd Kaiserjäger Regiment Austro-Hungarian 22nd Schützen Division (Generalmajor Rudolf Müller) 4th Schützen Brigade III KaiserschützenKaiserschützen were specialist mountain troops of the Austrian k.k. Landwehr. Regiment "Innichen" (less 1 bn.) 26th Schützen Regiment "Marburg" 98th Schützen Brigade I Kaiserschützen Regiment "Trient" II Kaiserschützen Regiment "Bozen" Austro-Hungarian 55th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Felix Prinz zu Schwarzenberg) 55th Sturmbataillon