From 1918, he was promoted to general of the army corps, he obtained the command of the XXIII Corps with specifically divisions 28 and 61, which during the Second Battle of the Piave River operated on the right bank of the Piave from Croce di Piave to the sea. On November 2, 1918, he became governor of Trieste and Venezia Giulia, keeping the post until July 1919.