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|combatant2 = |commander1 = Alessandro Bettoni Cazzago |commander2 = Avksentiy L'vovič | strength1 = 700 | strength2 = 2500 | casualties1 = 32 dead, 52 wounded. | casualties2 = 150 dead 300 wounded 600 captured 4 cannons 10 mortars }} The charge of the ''Savoia Cavalleria'' at Isbushenskij was a clash between the Italian cavalry regiment ''Savoia Cavalleria'' and the Soviet 812th Siberian Infantry Regiment, part of the Soviet 304th Infantry Division, that took place on August 24, 1942, near the hamlet of Isbushenskij (''Избушенский''), close to the junction between the Don and Khopyor rivers. Though a minor skirmish in the theatre of operation of the Eastern Front, the Isbushenskij charge had a great propaganda resonance in Italy and it is still remembered as one of the last cavalry charges in history. ==Introduction== On 20 August, the Soviets launched an offensive on the Don river. The ''Sforzesca'' division couldn't withstand the enemy attack and in two days it was routed.〔Roberto (Biagioni "Isbushenskij: la carica della gloria" )〕 The ''Savoia Cavalleria'' regiment, under command of colonel Alessandro Bettoni Cazzago, was sent as a relief force in the area, with orders to occupy "spot height 213,5". During the evening of 23 August, it set camp 1,000 meters short of its objective ready to occupy it the next morning. During the night, two battalions of the 812th Siberian Infantry Regiment deployed on the objective. They entrenched themselves in an arc facing the Italian camp about 1,000 meters wide and waiting sunrise to attack. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charge of the Savoia Cavalleria at Isbuscenskij」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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