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27th "Brescia" Infantry Division (view source)
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Australian military historian Mark Johnston states there was an "unwillingness to acknowledge reverses against Italians" in Australian official accounts.<ref>Fighting the Enemy: Australian soldiers and their adversaries in World War II, Mark Johnston, p. 13, Cambridge University Press, 2002</ref>
Australian military historian Mark Johnston states there was an "unwillingness to acknowledge reverses against Italians" in Australian official accounts.<ref>Fighting the Enemy: Australian soldiers and their adversaries in World War II, Mark Johnston, p. 13, Cambridge University Press, 2002</ref>
Major-General Leslie Morsehead was furious and ordered the Australians to be far more vigilant in the future.<ref>[http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/histories/19/chapters/07.pdf Maughan (1966), p.251]</ref> Among the objectives initially selected during the planning of [[Operation Brevity]] was the recapture of S8 and S9 strongpoints, but this was abandoned when it was discovered the Australians had recovered them.<ref>Tobruk 1941, The Desert Siege, Timothy Hall, p. 183, Methuen Australia, 1984</ref>
Major-General Leslie Morsehead was furious and ordered the Australians to be far more vigilant in the future.<ref>''"Today we lost posts R8, R9 and R10, the occupants having been taken prisoners in the circumstances set out in the attached document. This is the second time that portion of our garrison has vanished. As far as can be ascertained the number of casualties was negligible, the posts having been just mopped up – rather a new experience for the AIF."'' Australia in the War of 1939-1945. 4 volumes, Chapter 7: Midsummer in the Fortress, p. 251, Australian War Memorial, 1952-1968</ref>Among the objectives initially selected during the planning of [[Operation Brevity]] was the recapture of S8 and S9 strongpoints, but this was abandoned when it was discovered the Australians had recovered them.<ref>Tobruk 1941, The Desert Siege, Timothy Hall, p. 183, Methuen Australia, 1984</ref>
On 24 May 1941, the ''Brescia'' Division which had taken over the western front of Tobruk, repelled an attacking infantry force, supported by tanks.
On 24 May 1941, the ''Brescia'' Division which had taken over the western front of Tobruk, repelled an attacking infantry force, supported by tanks.