Complex sentence: Promoted Major General, from 1907, back in Italy, commanded the Infantry brigades "Pisa" and "Cuneo", until, on the eve of the Libyan War, he took command of the 1st Military Division in Messina.
Split into simpler sentences: Promoted Major General, from 1907 he commanded the Infantry brigades "Pisa" and "Cuneo". On the eve of the Libyan War he took command of the 1st Military Division in Messina.