uhlans
Example Sentences
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Say, have you heard of the fuss they're making over the two headless uhlans that they picked up over there near Villecourt?
From The Downfall by Robins, E. P.
One is an officer of a Scottish regiment and the other a private in the uhlans.
From The Pentecost of Calamity by Wister, Owen
First Mouzon, then Villers, and last Remilly; they were still pressing on northward, with the tramp of the uhlans on the road behind them.
From The Downfall by Robins, E. P.
On these first days of August, 1914, the cavalry of Austria—the hussars, uhlans, and dragoons, but really all of one type—light cavalry—was equipped uniformly with saber and carbine.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
The uhlans have now commandeered my horse for their troop, but the caparison remains in my possession; every expert praises this caparison, that it is strong and comfortable, and pretty as a picture.
From Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Noyes, George Rapall
