The Italian Army in
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Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Oriente (35th
Infantry Division) |
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Commander : |
Maj-Gen. Carlo Petitti di Roreto
(17 May 1916 – 6 May 1917) Maj-Gen. Giuseppe Pennella (6 May 1917 –16 June
1917) Brig-Gen. Giovanni Battista Chiossi
(ad interim, 16 June 1917 – 2 July
1917) Maj-Gen. Ernesto Mombelli (2 July 1917) |
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Chief of Staff : |
Maj, then Lt.Col. Alberto Garbasso (24
May 1916 – 14 May 1917) Lt.Col. Alessandro Pirzio Biroli
(14 May – 1 July 1917) Col.
Riccardo Alberti (1 July 1917 – 29. August 1918) Lt.Col., then Col. Carlo Fenoglietto
(29 August 1918) |
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Allocation : |
Commandement des Armées Alliées en Orient (11
August 1916) Comando
Superiore delle Forze Italiane nei Balcani (27 October
1918) |
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Commander : |
Maj-Gen. Giacomo Desenzani (6 June 1916 – 21 November 1916) Col. Odoardo
Famea (ad interim, 22 November
– 10 December 1916) Maj-Gen. Arturo Benedetto Mulazzani
(10 December 1916 – 24 May 1917) Brig-Gen. Attilio Franchini (25
August 1917 – 22 August 1918) Brig-Gen. |
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Allocation : |
35th Infantry Division
(28 July 1916) |
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Composition : |
63rd Infantry Regiment |
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64th Infantry Regiment |
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“Sicilia” Brigade |
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Commander : |
Brig-Gen. Giovanni Battista Chiossi
(9 June 1916 – 23 June
1917) Maj-Gen. Gennaro
Venezia (23 June 1917 – 1 September 1918) Maj-Gen. Giovanni Garruccio (2 –
8 September 1918) Maj-Gen. Gennaro Venezia (9 – 22 September
1918) Maj-Gen. Giovanni Garruccio
(23 September 1918) |
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Allocation : |
35th Infantry Division
(28 July 1916) |
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Composition : |
61st Infantry Regiment Lt.Col. Celso
Rossi (21 June 1916 – 2 May 1917) Col. Carlo Citerni (24 May 1917 – 7 July
1918) Col. Carlo Iannaccaro (8 July 1918) |
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62nd Infantry Regiment Col. Ermenegildo Fimmanò
(6 May 1916 – 7 October 1917) Lt.Col. Ezio Zanetti (13 November 1917 – 20 May 1918) Lt.Col. Ettore
Silvestri (21 May – 21 September 1918) Col. Enrico Rolletto
(21 September 1918) |
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“Ivrea”
Brigade |
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Commander : |
Brig-Gen. Giuseppe Comolli (12 July 1916 –
26 July 1917) Brig-Gen. Giovanni Beltramo (25
August 1917) |
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Allocation : |
35th Infantry Division
(15 October 1916) |
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Composition : |
161st Infantry Regiment Col. Gennaro Venezia (29
April 1916 – 22 June
1917) Col. Virginio Pizzo (6 July 1917) |
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162nd Infantry Regiment Col. Raffaele Basso (16 December 1915 – 24
May 1917) Col. Giovanni Negro (25
May 1917) |
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“Spezia” Brigade |
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Commander : |
Brig.-Gen. Vincenzo Ponzi
(15 October 1918) |
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Allocation : |
35th Infantry Division
(15 October 1918) |
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Composition : |
125th Infantry Regiment Lt.Col. Giusepe
Ameri (30 October 1918) |
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126th Infantry Regiment Lt.Col. Enrico
Quaglia (15 October 1918) |
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Divisional Troops |
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Infantry : |
178th Territorial Battalion (18 September 1916) 14th Garrison Cpy. (18 September 1916) 89th Garrison Cpy. (20 December 1916) XXXV Assault Unit (31 May 1918) |
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Cavalry : |
1 Sq. of 16th “Cavalleggeri di Lucca” Regiment (18 September – 15 October 1916) I Group of 16th “Cavalleggeri di Lucca” Regiment [2nd and 3rd Sq.] (15 October 1916) I Group of 15th “Cavalleggeri di Lodi” Regiment [4th, 5th, 6th Sq.] (from 10 October
1918) |
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Machine-guns : |
228th MG Cpy. Bersaglieri
(from August 1916) 229th MG Cpy. Bersaglieri
(from August 1916) 236th MG Cpy. Infantry (from November 1916) 296th MG Cpy. Alpini
(from October 1916) 374th MG Cpy. Bersaglieri
(from December 1916) 375th MG Cpy. Bersaglieri
(from December 1916) 507th MG Cpy. Alpini
(from January 1917) 512th MG Cpy. Bersaglieri
(from January 1917) 513th MG Cpy. Bersaglieri
(from January 1917) 721st MG Cpy. (from May 1917) 722nd MG Cpy. (from May 1917) 723rd MG Cpy. (from May 1917) 1761st MG Cpy. (from May 1918) 1762nd MG Cpy. (from May 1918) 1763rd MG Cpy. (from May 1918) 1764th MG Cpy. (from May 1918) 1765th MG Cpy. (from May 1918) 1766th MG Cpy. (from May 1918) 1767th MG Cpy. (from May 1918) 1768th MG Cpy. (from May 1918) |
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Artillery : |
9th mountain artillery
group (22nd and 57th Bts.) 16th mountain artillery
group (69th and 70th Bts.) 18th mountain artillery
group (75th and 76th Bts.) 20th mountain artillery
group (37th and 59th Bts.) 101st Fortress Artillery Cpy. |
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Engineers : |
XXIII Sapper Battalion
(75th, 80th, 85th Cps.) 8th Sapper Cpy. 72nd Sapper Cpy. 86th Sapper Cpy. 14th Telegraph Cpy. 135th Telegraph Cpy. 3rd Bridging Cpy. 2nd Miners Cpy. |
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Minethrowers : |
51st Minethrowers
Group 173rd section 58 B 174th section 58 B 175th section 58 B 176th section 58 B 80th battery 200th battery 191st battery 199th battery 417th battery 58 B |
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Aviation : |
73rd Squadron (fighters) 111th Squadron
(observation) |
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Remarks : All the dates in this page
are according the western – Gregorian – calendar. |
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