TEXT:  Italian 101st Mot. Infantry Division (Trieste) 
     May 26, 1942 
  65th 
  Infantry 
  Regimen
  By Greg Moore 
  gregpanzerblitz.com 
  May, 2010 
  8th 
  Bersaglieri 
  Battalion 
  52nd 
  Mixed 
  Engineer 
  Battalion 
  (-) 
  x 3 
  x 3 
  XI 
  Tank 
  Battalion 
  x 10 
  x 6 
  x 13 
  Infantry 
  Battalion 
  x 2 
  x 2 
  x 9 
  x 3 
  x 3 
  21st 
  Artillery 
  Regiment 
  x 4 
  x 7 
  x 10 
          This fully motorized division was given the task of advancing north of Bir Hacheim and opening a 
  supply route through the minefields that the tanks of the Afrika Korps and the Ariete Division would 
  need as they swept around the flank of the Allied positions.  Though the Trieste division was initially 
  successful in this task, “Jock” columns from the Bir Hacheim and the 150th Brigade box to the north 
  disrupted the supply route so much that Rommel nearly had to abandon his offensive at one point.  In 
  perhaps the division’s best battle in North Africa, the Trieste Division did finally secure the supply line 
  at a critical time and participated in the successful assaults on both the Bir Hacheim boxes and the 150th 
  Brigade Box. 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  66th 
  Infantry 
  Regimen
  x 13 
  Infantry 
  Battalion 
  x 2 
  x 2 
  x 9 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 3 
  x 4 
  The 149mm 
  howitzers are 
  attached from 
  the 8th Artillery 
  Regiment. 
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Panzer Leader & Panzer Blitz/1940-1943 North Africa/Battle of Gazala/TriesteGazala.pdf