0 0 ▁N CO s ▁and ▁men . ▁The ▁ 4 th ▁R if les ▁lost ▁ 1 , 3 0 0 ▁men ▁over ▁these ▁two ▁days . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁aut umn ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁the ▁Kaiser j äger ▁and ▁Land ess ch üt zen ▁were ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁Italian ▁Front ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁desp air ing ▁Stand sch üt zen ▁milit ia ▁and ▁small ▁numbers ▁of ▁regular ▁forces ▁def ending ▁Italian ▁attacks ▁and ▁to ▁assist ▁in ▁stabil izing ▁the ▁front . ▁ ▁A ▁higher ▁percentage ▁( about ▁ 4 0 %) ▁of ▁the ▁Kaiser j äger ▁were ▁soldiers ▁from ▁Tri ent ▁( i . e . ▁they ▁were ▁Wel sch ▁Ty ro les e ). ▁The ▁rest ▁were ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁the ▁Ty ro les e ▁and ▁inhabitants ▁from ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁mon archy . ▁Despite ▁the ▁many ▁Italian - spe aking ▁J äger , ▁there ▁were ▁hardly ▁any ▁desert ions ▁in ▁the ▁fighting ▁against ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Italy , ▁although ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁assumed ▁in ▁Italy ▁that ▁their ▁" bro thers ▁from ▁the ▁un con quer ed ▁territ ories ▁( ir red enta ) ▁st rive ▁joy fully ▁in ▁the ▁w omb ▁of ▁their ▁Mother ▁Italia " ▁( G ab rie le ▁D ' An n un z io ). ▁All ▁the ▁greater ▁was ▁the ▁disappoint ment ▁when ▁the ▁men ▁of ▁Tr ent ino ▁showed ▁no ▁incl ination ▁to ▁change ▁sides . ▁On ▁the ▁contrary , ▁the ▁following ▁saying ▁circul ated ▁among ▁the