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The Bersaglieri remained a force to be reckoned with even after the defeat at Alamein and, in early December 1942 the 10th Bersaglieri Regiment forced the surrender of 300 British and American paratroopers operating behind Axis lines during the [[Battle of Tebourba]].

The Bersaglieri remained a force to be reckoned with even after the defeat at Alamein and, in early December 1942 the 10th Bersaglieri Regiment forced the surrender of 300 British and American paratroopers operating behind Axis lines during the [[Battle of Tebourba]].

The Bersaglieri again fought well during the [[Battle of Kasserine Pass]], with the 5th and 7th Bersaglieri Regiments capturing 2,450 British, American and French troops and covering Rommel's withdrawal.

The Bersaglieri again fought well during the [[Battle of Kasserine Pass]], with the 5th and 7th Bersaglieri Regiments capturing 2,450 British, American and French troops and covering Rommel's withdrawal.

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel had special words of praise for the  Bersaglieri, with their commander, Colonel Luigi Bonfatti killed leading the attack.

During [[Operation Husky]] (the Allied invasion of Sicily), the 10th, 73rd and 177th Bersaglieri Regiments managed to contain the American advance, but were eventually overwhelmed by Allied air power.  Resistance was stiff enough to force the US 1st and 3rd Ranger Battalions to engage in house-to-house combat, with US military historian Samuel Eliot Morison acknowleding that ''"The Italians fought manfully for Agrigento".'' <ref>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: Sicily - Salerno - Anzio, January 1943 - June 1944, Samuel Eliot Morison, p. 176, University of Illinois Press, 2001</ref>

During [[Operation Husky]] (the Allied invasion of Sicily), the 10th, 73rd and 177th Bersaglieri Regiments managed to contain the American advance, but were eventually overwhelmed by Allied air power.  Resistance was stiff enough to force the US 1st and 3rd Ranger Battalions to engage in house-to-house combat, with US military historian Samuel Eliot Morison acknowleding that ''"The Italians fought manfully for Agrigento".'' <ref>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: Sicily - Salerno - Anzio, January 1943 - June 1944, Samuel Eliot Morison, p. 176, University of Illinois Press, 2001</ref>