Army Corps. 8th Italian Army (Enrico Caviglia): along the Piave, from Vidor to Priula Bridge. 4 Army corps The assault corps of General Francesco Saverio Grazioli. 10th British-Italian Army (Earl of Cavan) along the Piave from Ponte Priula to Ponte di Piave. XI Corps (Italy) of Lt. General Giuseppe Paolini 14th British Corps of General James Melville Babington. 332nd Infantry Regiment (United States) of Col. William Wallace 3rd Italian Army (Duke of Aosta): from Ponte di Piave to the sea. 2 Army Corps 2 assault units 3 cavalry regiments 9th Italian Army () : in reserve. 2 Army corps 1 cavalry corps 6th Czechoslovak Division Austria-Hungary Heeresgruppe Erzherzog Joseph (or Heeresgruppe Tirol) (Archduke Joseph of Austria, from 26 October Alexander von Krobatin) 10th Army (Alexander von Krobatin) 11th Army (Viktor Graf von Scheuchenstuel) Heeresgruppe Boroević (Svetozar Boroević) Armeegruppe Belluno () 6th Army (Alois Schönburg-Hartenstein) 5th Army (Isonzo Armee) (Wenzel Freiherr von Wurm) Prelude As night fell on 23 October, leading elements of Lord Cavan's Tenth Army were to force a crossing at a point where there were a number of islands. Cavan had decided to seize the largest of these – the Grave di Papadopoli – in preparation for the full-scale assault on the far bank. The plan was for two battalions from the 22nd Brigade of the British 7th Division to occupy the northern half of Papadopoli, while the Italian 11th Corps took the southern half. The British troops detailed for the night attack were the 2/1 Honourable Artillery Company (an infantry battalion despite the title) and the 1/ Royal Welch Fusiliers. These troops were helpless to negotiate such a torrent as the Piave and relied upon boats propelled by the 18th Pontieri under the command of Captain Odini of the Italian engineers. On the misty night of the 23rd, the Italians rowed the British forces across with a calm assurance and skill which amazed many of those who were more frightened of drowning than of fighting the Austrians. For the sake of silence, the HAC used only their bayonets until the alarm was raised, and soon seized their half of the island. The Italian assault on the south of Papadopoli was driven off by heavy machine-gun fire. Nevertheless, the Austrians surrendered the island by the end of the night. Battle In the early hours of 24 October, the anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Caporetto, Comando