 Complete the following phrase:  On 1 December 1940 the Royal Italian Army Engineer School in Civitavecchia raised the 3rd Engineer Company Folgore Thunderbolt and the 4th Engineer Company Uragano Hurricane. At the same time the school also raised the companies which would go on to form the VIII, XXX, and XXXI sapper battalions. On 14 January 1941 the two companies were sent to Libya, where they formed a provisional battalion under the 1st Special Engineer Grouping. As part of Rommels Afrika Korps the battalion participated in Rommels first offensive 