Hovewer, a recent find of ampoules with calcium hypochlorite at the village of Kred, now exhibited at the Kobarid WWI Museum, leads to the conclusion that the Italian IVth army's command, located in Kred, considered decontamination measures against Yperite necessary. The possibility of a chemical attack was underestimated by the Italian high command as shown by the ineffective gas-masks issued to the troops. The joint German and Austro-Hungarian forces waged a massive gas-attack with dichloroarsine and phosgene, which was later disclosed as the horrifying overture to the general disordered retreat of the Italian troops to Piave. The ensuing trench-warfare during the eleven Isonzo battles ended with the 12th battle known as the Kobarid/Karfeit/Caporetto break-thru in October 1917. In exchange for the opening of this front, the Kingdom of Italy would be granted large tracts of territory in the wesster provinces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and along the Adriatic coast. It was conquered by Italian troops in August 1916, but it was not until 1947 that it finally became part of the Italian state. The Isonzo front/Soška fronta was opened on by the Kingdom of Italy according to a secret London Treaty. The contents of the unlabelled ampoules were identified as calcium hypochlorite, a decontaminant for mustard gas (Yperite). In the final of four Battles of the Frontier held in the first weeks of World War I, the British forces are overpowered and forced to retreat, handing the Germans a strategic victory. The first attacks on Mount Mrzli and on San Michele gave positive results but after a few hours the very strong counterattacks forced the Italian soldiers to. rations (one week) had no other results than informing the enemy that an. Due to this reason the defender would always have the advantage, the Italians tried not 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 or 10 but 11 times to break the defences of Svetozar Borjevici von Bonja, they failed. Sources and methods: Analysis of ampoules from the Kobarid Museum using pharmacopoeial methods. called Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo River and the retreat to the Piave River. Background: during WW1 when Italy was fighting Austria-Hungary their battle was around the Isonzo river somewhere in the Alps. After Italy declared the war, there were. To identify the contents of ampoules stored items at the WW I Kobarid Museum, Slovenia. The Isonzo River is the one of the biggest geographic features in the mountainous terrain in the Italian front.
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