uhlans
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Fortunately Miss Chuff's presence at the wheel, and Bleak's credentials as war correspondent, enabled them to pass several scouting parties of chuff uhlans without suspicion.
From In the Sweet Dry and Dry by Haley, Bart
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)
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.
At the end of an hour, he perceived two more uhlans approaching the staff-quarters side by side.
From Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales by Maupassant, Guy de
It was asserted that the uhlans had possession of the bridge, another bridge that had not been destroyed, for the reason, this time, that some one had neglected to provide the necessary powder.
From The Downfall by Robins, E. P.
