sentences:  Casale and Tortona also nominated him as captain.William thus ended the war in a superior position to that with which he had begun.Having become the military leader of various Lombard cities, including Pavia, Vercelli, Alessandria, Tortona, Genoa, Turin, Asti, Alba, Novara, Brescia, Cremona, and Lodi, he was also elected head of the anti-Angevin coalition.