positions in Prozor, Jablanica and Gornja Drežnica, annihilating most of the 259th Infantry Regiment and the I Battalion of the 260th Infantry Regiment. The losses were filled by the transfer of men and equipment from the 311th Infantry Regiment "Casale" of the 56th Infantry Division "Casale", which had joined the Murge in the summer of 1942. In March 1943 the division was transferred to Lika in Croatia, where combat with partisan formations was intense and fierce. In May 1943 the division was moved to Dubrovnik and Trebinje, where it participated in the Battle of Sutjeska. In late August 1943 the division was ordered to return to Italy. On 8 September 1943 when the Armistice of Cassibile was announced the division was located between Senj and Bakar. The division moved to Rijeka, where it was disbanded on 14 September by invading German forces. Organization 154th Infantry Division "Murge" 259th Infantry Regiment "Murge" Command Company 3x Fusilier battalions Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns) Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars) 260th Infantry Regiment "Murge" Command Company 3x Fusilier battalions Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns) Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars) 311th Infantry Regiment "Casale" (transferred from the 56th Infantry Division "Casale" in summer 1942) Command Company 3x Fusilier battalions (2x battalions transferred to the depleted 259th Infantry Regiment "Murge" in March 1943, replaced by the dismounted cavalry squadron groups: XXIX "Genova Cavalleria" and XXXI "Lancieri di Aosta") Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns) Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars) 154th Artillery Regiment "Murge" Command Unit I Group (75/27 field guns) II Group (100/22 howitzers) 1x Anti-aircraft battery (20/65 Mod. 35 anti-aircraft guns) Ammunition and Supply Unit CLIV Machine Gun Battalion CLIV Mixed Engineer Battalion 154th Engineer Company 254th Telegraph and Radio Operators Company 154th Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns; transferred to the 3rd Infantry Division "Ravenna" for the deployment in the Soviet Union) 154th Medical Section 2x Field hospitals 1x Surgical unit 154th Supply Section 254th Bakers section 119th Transport Section 118th Carabinieri Section 119th Carabinieri Section 154th Field Post Office Attached to the division in 1943: XXIX CC.NN. Battalion LXVI Coastal Artillery Group (152/13 howitzers) Commanding officers The division's commanding officers were: Generale di Brigata Paride Negri (1 December 1941 - 28 February 1943) Generale di Divisione Bartolomeo Pedrotti (1 March 1943 - 30 April 1943) Generale di Divisione Eduardo Quarra Sito (1 May 1943 - 14 September 1943) CROWCASS The names of