It fought on the Aragon front, in Huesca, where it was joined by a battalion of Italian anti-fascists.

It left for the Aragon front in mid-August, with fewer than the expected number of fighters.

[3] Shortly after the outbreak of the war, on 17 August 1936, Italian anarchists (led by Camillo Berneri) and socialists (led by Carlo Rosselli) together established an Italian Column in Barcelona.

[4] The Italian anti-fascists joined up with the Ascaso Column on the Aragon front, where they faced their first engagement on 28 August 1936, at the Battle of Monte Pelado.

He and fellow Ascaso column fighter Camilo Berneri were found dead following the May Days.