 Complete the following phrase:  Born in Gallarate, the son of a noble family, he graduated in his twenties from Modena Military Academy; then he served in Italian East Africa in 1888-89. In 1910 he was named Honorary Aide de Camp of the king and Military Attaché at the Italian Embassy in Vienna. When Italy joined the Allies in World War I, he held his post on the General Staff, but he was soon named commander of the Basilicata Infantry Brigade. Then he assumed his duty as chief of staff of the First Army. In 1917 he led the 5th Infantry Division in the Adamello massif. In late 1917, as commander of the 2nd Army Corps, he led the retreat of his troops from Gorizia to the bank of the 