In December 1914, shortly before Italy's entry into World War I, the Royal Italian Army formed the X Sardinian Group in Ozieri, which consisted of two squadrons recruited on the island.

In September 1943, the squadrons group was transferred to the XXXIII Coastal Brigade and in March 1944, to the 47th Infantry Division "Bari".

The unit's anniversary falls on 7 July 1918, the day the 19th Sardinian Squadron distinguished itself in the Battle of Fier in Albania, for which it was awarded a Silver Medal of Military Valor.

The war ended in 1713 with the Peace of Utrecht, which transferred the Kingdom of Sicily and parts of the Duchy of Milan to Savoy.

The three companies were further divided into smaller detachments and patrols, which were tasked with fighting brigands and upholding the King's authority in rural Sardinia.

[4][5] By 1750, the Dragoons of Sardinia maintained detachments in Tempio, Nulvi, Ozieri, Padria, Chiaramonti, Bono, Bortigali, Bolotana, Orosei, and Isili.

In March 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte arrived in Italy and took command of the French forces, with which he defeated the Royal Sardinian Army in the Montenotte campaign within a month.

After the defeat in the Montenotte campaign King Victor Amadeus III was forced to sign the Treaty of Paris, which ceded the Duchy of Savoy and the County of Nice to France and gave the French Revolutionary Army free passage through the Kingdom of Sardinia towards the rest of Italy.

Afterwards, King Charles Emmanuel IV was released and went into exile on the island Sardinia, while his former territories became the French controlled Piedmontese Republic.

On 11 April 1814, Napoleon abdicated and one month later, on 20 May 1814, King Victor Emmanuel I returned from exile in Sardinia to Turin.

On 4 July 1818, the Royal Genoese Gendarmerie was disbanded and its personnel used to form the Corps of Musketeers of Sardinia (Italian: Corpo dei Moschettiere di Sardegna).

[4][5] Due to a sharp increase of brigandage on Sardinia, King Charles Albert ordered on 3 March 1832 to reform the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Sardegna".

The reformed regiment incorporated the personnel of the Royal Carabinieri Corps of Sardinia and then consisted of two divisions, which fielded four squadrons, which were further divided into 13 detachments and 60 posts distributed across the island.

The corps consisted of a staff in Cagliari and two divisions, which fielded six companies and twelve lieutenancies that oversaw 114 stations.

The lieutenancies were based in Iglesias, San Pantaleo, Sanluri, Oristano, Lanusei, Sorgono, Cuglieri, Tempio, Ozieri, Bono, Nulvi, and Dorgali.

[4][5] After the outbreak of World War I, the Royal Italian Army formed in December 1914 new cavalry units, including the X Sardinian Group in Ozieri in Sardinia.

[1][5] The front in southern Albania remained static until July 1918, when the Italian forces went on the offensive to push the Austro-Hungarian troops beyond the Seman river.

After a short break the Italian units fell back to the hills South of the river, where they defeated heavy Austro-Hungarian counterattacks on 22 and 25 August 1918.

Italian patrols sent forward to reconnoiter, reported that the Austro-Hungarian forces had burned their supplies and fled Albania.

Italian cavalry units were sent to pursue the fleeing Austro-Hungarians and the 19th Sardinian Squadron advanced to Durrës and Shkodër.

For its conduct during the Italian offensive on the Seman river and for the capture of the airfield at Fier the 19th Sardinian Squadron was awarded a Silver Medal of Military Valor.

[1][5] On 10 September 1936, the Royal Italian Army formed the Squadron "Cavalleggeri di Sardegna" in Cagliari with personnel recruited in Sardinia.

On 21 September 1944, the 47th Infantry Division "Bari" was disbanded and the squadrons group, which by then had been transferred most of its troops and horses to other units, was assigned to the Military Command of Sardinia.