Troops of the Trieste Division had found and occupied some extensive concrete emplacements built along the Gazala Line earlier in the war. When the Poles outflanked them to the north, the Italians proved reluctant to give up these well-built positions. Once full darkness came, the Poles, much more at ease in night combat than their British, Australian or New Zealand allies, fixed bayonets and moved out to eject the Italians.

The Poles went forward in a silent bayonet attack, taking the Italians from the flank while their attention was fixated on the New Zealanders to their front. Trieste was a much better unit than the Italian infantry the Poles had met before, and its troops recovered quickly from their shock to engage the Poles in a fierce nighttime close-quarters fight. They withdrew from the fortifications in good order, taking all of their wounded, prisoners and equipment, and when the Allies went forward at dawn they found the defensive works completely abandoned.

White Eagles INF and Cassino RIF are functionally interchangeable. Polish leaders are drawn from Cassino.