 Starting in September–October 1916 about 120 officers and 300 NCOs were trained in the German training area in Beuville (near the village of Doncourt) to be the main cadre of the newly raised Austro-Hungarian army assault battalions.The former "Jagdkommandos" were incorporated into these battalions.The first country to establish commando troops was Italy, in the summer 1917, shortly before Germany.