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plant a mine to blow them up. Five
mines were detonated, four of these
Austrian targeting the Martini ledge
and one Italian to gain the presummit
of Lagazuoi. The craters left
by these mines are still evident on the
slopes of Lagazuoi and at the base
two large scree slopes, not present
on the photographs of the mountain
before the war, are the result of these
explosions.
The image shows the effects of
the use of demolition at Lagazuoi
from the Falzarego pass. The height
of the mountain blasted off part was
200m, wide 136m the mass of the
ejected rock 130000 cubic meters.
Created by the giant debris flows.
The soldiers Life in the mountain
The soldiers from both armies
lived in the mountain until November
1st 1917, when, following their
defeat at Caporetto, the Italian army
were forced to hurriedly abandon
the Dolomite Front to avoid being
surrounded bythe rapidly advancing
Austro –German troops from Friuli
and Val Cellina (Longarone). During
29 months of war in the galleries
dormitories, warehouse, kitchens,
latrines and water cisterns were
constructed.
Inside the mountain the
activities never ceased. Squads of
The demolition of the Italian rock ledge at the small Lagazuoi on 22 May 1917.
Picture taken by Major Karl von Raschin first Imperial Infantry Regiment five
minutes after the explosion.
soldiers worked shifts 24 hours a
day, ranging from the soldiers at the
look –out posts on the front line in
the open, the mines at work digging
the tunnels, transporting materials
and removing spoil, porters bringing
supplies to the front line, stretcher
bearers to evacuate the wounded,
The image shows the effects of the use of demolition at Lagazuoi from the Falzarego pass. The height of the
mountain blasted off part was 200m, wide 136m the mass of the ejected rock 130000 cubic meters. Created by
the giant debris flows
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to the look-outs monitoring the
advancing enemy’s work. Safe
from the adversaries artillery fire
the soldiers still lived with the
constant terror of an enemy mine
explosion and so the excavations
were performed under great stress
and with extreme caution.