In the action, Fara managed to surprise the enemies who were advancing towards the sea and threatened to occupy the Eritrean colony commanded by General Orero: the Fara sent two companies of Ascari to reinforce the ranks of Major Cortese with whom he headed to the attack by Dega, blocking the enemies at the Damatai gorge, precisely near Agordat where the clash took place where it was also possible to recover the loot looted in Beni Amer and free several prisoners.

At this point Fara decided to disengage the department and assumed a square formation repelled the enemy attacks for the whole day until the approaching night the Arabs withdrew.

[3] The report of the expedition attracted harsh criticism against General Pecori Giraldi who had wanted the action and following an investigation he was relieved of his post in February 1912.

It appears in some photographs taken by the French war correspondent Gaston Chérau, who also mentions the heroic behavior of Gustavo Fara in the letters exchanged with his wife.

[6] After the war in Libya , on March 26, 1913, the Fara was chosen to take command of the "Friuli" brigade, at the same time abandoning Freemasonry by resigning from the "Darwin" Lodge of Naples, in obedience to the Grand Orient of Italy, of which he was a member.

The ability of the Fara in any case emerged in a preponderant way in the last phases of the Great War: in August 1917 he constituted the 47th Bersaglieri division with which he took part in the eleventh offensive of the Isonzo, managing to cross the river and reach the plateau of the Bainsizza , obtaining the rank of commander of the military order of Savoy.

[9] In September 1922 he met Emilio De Bono and Benito Mussolini for the first time, reminding the latter that he was the commander of the 11th regiment in which he himself had served and that he was ready to support the cause of insurrection of the fascist movement.

A few months after the March on Rome, the Voluntary Militia for National Security was officially institutionalized and regularized and for this reason, Fara decided like other former officers to join it, enthusiastic to be able to return "to active service", remaining in this position until 1928 when he retired and was awarded the rank of army corps commander.