CAPELLO, LUIGI (1859– ), Italian soldier, was born on April 14, 1859. His career until he became a general officer was passed in the infantry. During the World War he conducted in Aug. 1916 the attack which led to the capture of Gorizia. As commander of the Gorizia zone II. (VIII., VI. and II. Corps) he conducted the first phase of the Italian offensive in May 1917. In June he was given command of the II. Army and in August he directed the attack on the Bainsizza plateau, but his desire to con tinue the attack led to differences with Cadorna, his commander in-chief, who favoured a defensive disposition. It is probable that Capello's faith in his own method of meeting the enemy counter attack prevented his whole-hearted co-operation with Cadorna. After his retirement in July '9'8 he took some part in politics and supported Fascism but later joined the Opposition and, in Nov. 1925, was arrested on a charge of complicity with Zaniboni in the plot against the life of Mussolini. He was tried and condemned to 3o years' penal servitude.