sentences:  Instead a compromise suggested by the Emperor was adopted, with their forces divided and sent to attack Italian positions on the front from two different directions.This resulted in the utter failure of the offensive at the Piave River in June 1918.Arz took full responsibility for the failure of the massive invasion of Italy and tendered his resignation, but the Emperor refused to accept it, even after "Generaloberst" Schönburg-Hartenstein had said to the Emperor's face that the army had lost all confidence in Arz.