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During [[Operation Crusader]], the 8th Bersaglieri Regiment operating truck-mounted naval guns from the Italian cruiser ''San Giorgio'', played an important part in the defeat of the British 7th Armoured Division in the [[First Battle of Bir el Gubi]] on 19 November 1941.
During [[Operation Crusader]], the 8th Bersaglieri Regiment operating truck-mounted naval guns from the Italian cruiser ''San Giorgio'', played an important part in the defeat of the British 7th Armoured Division in the [[First Battle of Bir el Gubi]] on 19 November 1941.
On 1 November, the 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment defeated 3 Russian divisions defending [[Rykovo]] and conquered that city.<ref>" Il 1° novembre il 3° bersaglieri conquistò Rykovo; lo stesso giorno la Torino si attestò sul fiume Krinka, in zona Im. Karova-Korsuni, a protezione del fianco meridionale della Celere."La Storia della Dottrina e degli Ordinamenti dell'Esercito Italiano: t. 1. Da Vittorio Veneto alla 2a. Guerra Mondiale. t. 2. La 2a Guerra Mondiale (1940-1943), Stato maggiore dell'Esercito, Ufficio Storico, 1985 </ref>
On 1 December, the ''Trieste'' Division, reinforced by the 9th Bersaglieri Regiment, cut off the supply route the 2nd New Zealand Division had established with the Tobruk garrison.
On 1 December, the ''Trieste'' Division, reinforced by the 9th Bersaglieri Regiment, cut off the supply route the 2nd New Zealand Division had established with the Tobruk garrison.