Tegetthoff reached the harbour at Lissa, territory the Italians were supposed to secure. Persano ordered his fleet to renew the attack on the Austrian vessels. Albini and Vacca later testified at Persano's trial that they had ignored those orders. The episode closes the action by showing that Italy's defeat was an institutional command failure as much as a tactical or technological one.
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Italian commanders ignore the final attack order
Albini and Vacca later testified that they ignored Persano's order to attack after Tegetthoff reached Lissa's harbour.