isonzo's

Updated: July 7, 2025

This presented no exceptional difficulties in the rich alluvial soil on the Isonzo's western bank, but once the Italians had crossed the river they found themselves on the Carso, through whose solid rock the trenches could be driven only with pneumatic drills and dynamite. All of the Italian trenches that I saw showed a very high skill in engineering.

E. Alexander (Edward Alexander) Powell - Italy at War and the Allies in the West