Complex sentence: Another myth is that "Blessed Father" Carlo Gnocchi participated in the Battle of Nikolayevka: he was present in the final attack on the Soviet troops, but as the chaplain of the Alpini.
Split into simpler sentences: Another myth is that "Blessed Father" Carlo Gnocchi participated in the Battle of Nikolayevka. He was present at the final attack on the Soviet troops, but as the chaplain of the Alpini.