The regiment was raised on 16 September 1859. It earned its first of three Silver Medals of Military Valour at the Battle of Bu Meliana during the Italo-Turkish War, and the second two years later, when the regiment charged Libyan rebels at Monterus Nero. During World War I the regiment initially served on the Italian Front before being sent to Macedonian front in 1916. In July 1918 the regiment was sent to the Western Front in France and fought at Reims, Chemin des Dames, Sissonne, and on the Meuse. After the war the regiment was disbanded on 20 May 1920.