was reorganized and three new special companies were formed, which consisted of personnel capable of operating behind enemy lines in civilian clothes. The regiment consisted now of the following units: 10th Arditi Regiment, in Santa Severa I Arditi Battalion, in Cagliari (Sardinia) 102nd Landing Company, 123rd Terrestrial Company, 110th Special Company II Arditi Battalion, in Scordia (Sicily) 112th Landing Company, 113th Terrestrial Company, 120th Special Company III Arditi Battalion, in Santa Severa 122nd Landing Company, 133rd Terrestrial Company, 130th Special Company IV Arditi Battalion, in Santa Severa 101st Paratroopers Company, 111th Paratroopers Company, and 121st Paratroopers Company Services Platoon On 19 1943 June the last personnel returned from Rhodes. Operations The first operation of the regiment occurred on 16-17 January 1943, when a patrol of the 101st Paratroopers Company landed in Algeria on an intelligence gathering mission. In the night of 16 February 1943 a patrol of the same company blew up the railway bridge at Béni Mansour on the Béni Mansour-Bejaïa line. From January to July 1943 the regiment undertook twenty air or sea assaults against railway bridges, airfields, and other objects in Algeria, Tunisia, or Libya. On 10 July 1943 allied forces landed on Sicily. Initially the II Arditi Battalion was tasked with rounding up dispersed allied paratroopers, but on 14th July the battalion was moved to the Primosole Bridge across the Simeto river to the South of Catania, where in the night from of the 14-15 July the battalion defeated a British attempt to take the bridge in a surprise attack during Operation Fustian. In the evening of 30 July 1943 the 4th Patrol of the 112th Landing Company embarked at Giardini Naxos on three assault boats of the Royal Italian Navy. The ten Arditi landed behind allied lines at Brucoli from where the patrol hiked inland. After hiding during the day the patrol attacked an allied fuel and ammunition depot, then returned to Italian lines on foot and then by swimming around the English positions at the mouth of the Simeto river. On 13 August the II Aridit Battalion was shipped across the Strait of Messina and returned to Santa Severa. On 8 September 1943 the Armistice of Cassibile was announced and the 10th Arditi Regiment split. The 111th Paratroopers Company and 122nd Landing Company fought in the defense of Rome against invading German forces, while the rest of the regiment remained in its barracks. The