uhlans
Example Sentences
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One may see, for instance, Russian cossacks, French chasseurs, German uhlans, and Austrian cuirassiers incongruously mixed up together in the ranks on parade.
From A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán by De Windt, Harry
They were indeed uhlans, the first Prussians that the 106th had set eyes on.
From The Downfall by Robins, E. P.
He had insisted that morning that the uhlans that they sighted were some of Bazaine's troops.
From The Downfall by Robins, E. P.
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.
Swiftly as men forget, that country-side was still alive with tales of uhlans, and outlying sentries, and hairbreadth 'scapes from the ignominious cord, and pleasant momentary friendships between invader and invaded.
From Across the Plains by Stevenson, Robert Louis
