text: XII Army Corps Reserve The 26th Infantry Division "Assietta" had been transferred from its bases and recruiting area in eastern Piedmont to Sicily in August 1941. The division's pre-deployment headquarters were in Asti, while's its two infantry regiments had been based in Asti (29th) and Tortona (30th), with the division's artillery regiment also based at Asti.
  26th Infantry Division "Assietta" - Generale di Divisione Francesco Scotti, from 26 July: Generale di Brigata Ottorino Schreiber
  29th Infantry Regiment "Assietta"
  3x Fusilier battalions
  Support Weapons Company (65/17 infantry support guns)
  Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)
  30th Infantry Regiment "Assietta"
  3x Fusilier battalions
  Support Weapons Company (65/17 infantry support guns)
  Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)
  17th CC.NN. Legion "Cremona"
  XVII CC.NN. Battalion (detached to Tactical Group "Campobello-Ravanusa")
  XVIII CC.NN. Battalion
  259th CC.NN. Machine Gun Company (detached to Tactical Group "Campobello-Ravanusa")
  25th Artillery Regiment "Assietta"
  I Artillery Group (100/17 howitzers; detached to XXIX Coastal Brigade)
  II Artillery Group (100/17 howitzers)
  III Artillery Group (75/27 field guns)
  IV Artillery Group (75/27 field guns; 10th Battery detached to Mobile Group "C")
  10th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; 2nd Section detached to Mobile Group "B")
  326th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; 4th Sections detached to Mobile Group "C")
  XXVI Mortar Battalion (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)
  CXXVI Machine Gun Battalion
  CCXXXIII Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns; 6th Battery detached to Mobile Group "C")
  Mixed Engineer Battalion
  50th Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company (attached)
  126th Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns)