During the First World War, the Battles of the Isonzo took place in the area. The 3rd Regiment of Alpini had taken Mount Krn or Monte Nero's peak on 16 June 1915 in a daring raid where the elite Italian unit climbed the peak's cliffs with their boots swaddled in sacks of straw to reduce noise, some of them barefoot, and others wearing only socks, and battled the Hungarian battalion of the 4th Honved Regiment. It was a glorious success, the first of the war, presaging others that never materialized.