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[4] [5] The Bersaglieri battalion fielded now 896 men (45 officers, 100 non-commissioned officers, and 751 soldiers). [11] On 12 November 1976 the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone assigned with decree 846 the flag and traditions of the 1st Bersaglieri Regiment to the 1st Bersaglieri Battalion "La Marmora". [5] [12]
1 battalion of 5th Jägers; 4 battalions of 11th Regiment; 2nd Brigade Dauber 1 battalion of 3rd Jägers; 4 battalions of 39th Regiment; 3rd Brigade Lippert 1 battalion of 9th Jägers; 4 battalions of 59th Regiment; Artillery 24 guns; Cavalry Division Mensdorff 1st Brigade Holstein 6 squadrons of 5th Dragoons
1 battalion of 7th Bersaglieri; 4 battalions of 9th Regiment; 4 battalions of 10th Regiment; 2nd Savona Brigade Broglia 1 battalion of 6th Bersaglieri; 4 battalions of 15th Regiment; 4 battalions of 16th Regiment; Artillery 18 guns; 5th Division Gucchiari 1st Casale Brigade Pettinengo. 1 battalion of 8th Bersaglieri; 4 battalions of 11th Regiment
24 Feb. 1916: 1st Bersaglieri Regiment disbanded and battalion became autonomous 28 May 1918: returned to Italy 29 June 1918: entered 2nd Group/1st Assault Div. IX Battalion [12] [13] 1st Bersaglieri 1915–18: Libya 1918: Italian Front 24 Feb. 1916: 1st Bersaglieri Regiment disbanded and battalion became autonomous 28 May 1918: returned to Italy
The 1st Bersaglieri Battalion is named for the founder of the Bersaglieri corps General Alessandro Ferrero La Marmora, while the 11th Battalion, which had received the war flag of the 182nd Regiment "Garibaldi", was named for the island of Caprera where Italy's national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi spent the last years of his life.
In many ways the Libyan divisions followed the make-up of a standard binary infantry division. Each Libyan division had two colonial infantry regiments. Each infantry regiment had three infantry battalion and a Guns company (4 65/17 mm I-Guns ). The Libyan divisions also had an integral colonial artillery regiment and colonial engineering ...
The 1st Bersaglieri Division received the same equipment as the other ENR divisions, but they were forced, more than once, to give armaments and materials up to German units sent to fight on the Western Front. The 14,000 men strong Division was then to join the Monterosa Division at the Gothic Line. It was attached to the German 14th Army. Many ...
On 1 January 1871 the 6th Bersaglieri Regiment was reformed as an operational regiment in Ancona with the VI Battalion, XIII Battalion, XIX Battalion, and XXI Battalion, which were transferred from the 1st Bersaglieri Regiment. The four battalions were renumbered as I, II, III, and IV battalion upon entering the new regiment.