sentences:  The Italians rescheduled earlier their planned 1919 counter-offensive to October 1918, in order to take advantage of the Austro-Hungarian crisis.The Italian attack of 52 Italian divisions, aided by a 3 British 2 French and 1 American division, 65,000 total, and Czechoslovaks, was started on 24 October from Vittorio Veneto.The Austro-Hungarians fought tenaciously for four days, but then the Italians managed to cross the Piave and establish a bridgehead, the Austro-Hungarians began to retreat and then to disintegrate after the troops heard of revolutions and independence proclamations in the lands of the Dual Monarchy.