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Luigi Capello (14 April 1859, in Intra – 25 June 1941, in Rome) was an Italian general, distinguished in both the Italo-Turkish War (1911–12) and World War I. During the Italo-Turkish War he served in Cyrenaica and took part in operations near Derna , commanding a column in the final action of the war in October 1912.
Luigi Attilio Capello (Intra, 14 aprile 1859 – Roma, 25 giugno 1941) è stato un generale italiano. Durante la prima guerra mondiale si distinse guidando le sue truppe in una serie di costose offensive sul fronte dell'Isonzo che si conclusero con limitati successi tattici soprattutto a Gorizia e sulla Bainsizza .
The Italian 2nd Army commander Luigi Capello was bedridden with fever. Recognizing that his forces were ill-prepared for this attack and were being routed, Capello requested permission to withdraw to the Tagliamento River. Cadorna, who believed the Italian force could regroup and hold out, denied the request.
Died 25 June 1941 in Rome, Italy. Luigi Capello was an Italian general who took part in the war on the Gorizia front. As commander-in-chief of the Second Army, many held him to be chiefly to blame for the defeat of Caporetto.
The fighting started when on 6 August, the Italian forces, led by general Luigi Capello, began an assault on the Austro-Hungarian positions which guarded the main transport road that lead from the coastal town of Duino to Gorizia.
- 6 August 1916
- Gorizia-Doberdò del Lago, Italy
- Italian victory
Luigi Capello’s Second Army captured a large part of the Bainsizza Plateau (Banjška Planota or Banjšice) north of Gorizia, but a long-sustained effort brought no further success, and Cadorna was forced to break off the offensive on September 12. However, the modest Italian victory so… Read More
General Luigi Capello (1859-1941) served as an Italian commander during World War One and achieved initial success and popularity at Gorizia and along the Isonzo before suffering disgrace at Caporetto in 1917.
