the XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII and XXXIII battalions The most famous action of the Bersaglieri occurred on 20 September 1870, when the 12th Bersaglieri battalion stormed Rome through a breach created by Italian artillery in the Aurelian Walls near Porta Pia leading to the capture of Rome and end of the temporal power of the Pope, thus completing the unification of Italy. A monument was erected in 1932 in front of Porta Pia to commemorate the event at the same time as the National Museum of the Bersaglieri corps was moved to Porta Pia, where it resides still today. In 1871, the Bersaglieri corps added another four battalions and the regiments were increased from six to 10 and given also operational command of the battalions. In 1883 a further two regiments were added for a total of 12 Bersaglieri regiments, one for each army corps with three battalions per regiment. Therefore, the four battalions raised in 1871 were disbanded. 1st Bersaglieri Regiment under I Army Corps with the I, VII and IX battalions 2nd Bersaglieri Regiment under II Army Corps with the II, IV, and XVII battalions 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment under III Army Corps with the XVIII, XX, and XXV battalions 4th Bersaglieri Regiment under IV Army Corps with the XXVI, XXIX and XXXI battalions 5th Bersaglieri Regiment under V Army Corps with the XIV, XXII and XXIV battalions 6th Bersaglieri Regiment under VI Army Corps with the VI, XIII and XIX battalions 7th Bersaglieri Regiment under VII Army Corps with the VIII, X and XI battalions 8th Bersaglieri Regiment under VIII Army Corps with the III, V and XII battalions 9th Bersaglieri Regiment under IX Army Corps with the XXVIII, XXX and XXXII battalions 10th Bersaglieri Regiment under X Army Corps with the XVI, XXXIV and XXXV battalions 11th Bersaglieri Regiment under XI Army Corps with the XV, XXVII and XXXIII battalions 12th Bersaglieri Regiment under XII Army Corps with the XXI, XXIII and XXXVI battalions World War I During World War I, the 12 existing Bersaglieri regiments were augmented by nine newly raised regiments and fought with distinction on the Italian Front. Of the 210,000 members of Bersaglieri regiments, 32,000 were killed and 50,000 wounded during the war. Italy's last surviving World War I veteran, Delfino Borroni, was a member of the 6th Bersaglieri Regiment from Bologna. Another member who served as Bersagliere on the front (and