Appendix IV
ESTIMATED ORDER OF BATTLE OF ITALIAN NORTHERN ARMY ON 10 APRIL 1941

(Showing units liquidated and those still to be dealt with.)¹

Unit	Prisoners Checked	Location	Remarks
Italian Troops
Savoy Grenadier Div (less MG Bn)	3,005	Liquidated	Twenty officers taken at Massawa.
44 CCNN	534	Liquidated	Eighteen officers taken at Massawa.
136 CCNN	854	Liquidated	Twelve officers taken at Massawa.
150 CCNN	623	Liquidated	--
170 CCNN	302	Liquidated	Seven officers taken at Massawa.
11 Legion CCNN	814	Liquidated	Nine officers taken at Massawa.
5 Legion	114	--	--
Marines and miscellaneous coastal troops	3,584	Liquidated	Taken at Massawa.
Colonial Troops
1 Col Div	--	Liquidated	Commander and staff taken at Massawa.
Bdes.
2 Col Bde (4,5,10, 151 Bns)	1,050	Liquidated	Went to Ghinda where Eritreans deserted. Forty-seven officers taken at Massawa.
5 Col Bde (97,106 Tipo Bns)	281	97 Bn at Amba Alagi, rest liquidated	Possibly split. Eight officers of HQ, taken at Massawa. Many prisoners taken by 4 Div. Very heavy casualties at Keren.

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Unit	Prisoners checked	Location	Remarks
6 Col Bde (19,24,31,34 Bns)	927	Liquidated at or on way to Massawa	Thirty-four officers from HQ, and all units taken at Massawa.
7 Col Bde (13,15, 21,45 Bns)	1	Unknown	Presumably on southern front.
8 Col Bde (102, 108, 110 Bns)	55	HQBn Amba Alagi.	108 Bn was believed to have deserted mostly.
11 Col Bde (51,52,56,63 Bns)	1,499	Liquidated	Officers from 52, and 55 Bns were found at Asmara. The remainder were found at Decamere where troops were disarmed and sent home by their own officers.
12 Col Bde (36,43,103 Bns)	133	Gondar road.	Had probably been split. Prisoners from HQ and 103 Bn had been taken at Adi Ugri, while twenty-eight officers were taken at Massawa. Many prisoners had been taken by 4 Div. The balance was about one to two battalions.
16 Col Bde (22, 23,47, 53 Bns)	327	Gondar road	Had suffered heavily at Barentu. All except 53 Bn were also reported at Nefasit, but none were identified at Massawa.
21 Col Bde (78, 79, 80 Bns)	227	Amba Alagi	80 Bn lost eight officers at Ad

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Unit	Prisoners Checked	Location	Remarks
			Teclesan. 79 Bn had not been identified, it had last been reported at Debra Tabor. 78 Bn was all captured at Adigrat.
41 Col Bde (98, 99, 131, 132 Bns)	90	Liquidated	Men were disarmed and sent home by their own commanders at Decamere.
42 Col Bde (35, 101, 111 Bns)	201	Liquidated	35 Bn was identified at Nefasit, and officers of 101 and 111 Bns were taken at Massawa.
43 Col Bde (44, 104, 113 Bns)	81	Gondar road	Probably had many desertions in withdrawal from Om Hagar.
44 Col Bde (105, 107, 112 Bns)	225	Probably Liquidated	Sixteen officers taken at Massawa.
61 Col Bde (50, 57, 85, 141 Bns)	2,228	Liquidated	This brigade was split. HQ, was taken in Massawa. 141 Bn was captured complete in Adigrat.
Rizzio's Command (26,31 Bis, 41)	20	Amba Alagi	No 4 Coy 31 Bis was captured at Quiha.
Unbrigaded (109 Bn)	10	Amba Alagi	Two companies reported dispersed.

ARTILLERY

In all, a total of eighty-five Italian guns had been captured since the beginning of the advance from Keren. The number of artillery prisoners captured by the 5th Indian Division was one thousand one hundred and seventy-eight.

MISCELLANEOUS

The number of prisoners from miscellaneous services was about three thousand.

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UNITS STILL TO BE DEALT WITH

AMBA ALAGI SECTOR
Probable		Possible
97 Col Bn 109 Col Bn 110 Col Bde Rizzio's Command		All or part of 7 Col Bde 79 Col Bde
GONDAR ROAD SECTOR
Probable		Possible
102 Col Bde 43 Col Bde		All or part of 7 Col Bde 12 Col Bde 16 Col Bde

Note:--

The number of prisoners is not complee, as many missed the forward check where units were noted, owing to rapid advance. Also the figures do not include those captured by the 4th Indian Division. A very large number must also be added for deserters who went straight home, and for casualties in killed and wounded.

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