uhlans

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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.

I was a thousand miles from thinking that I should soon find myself so near him, in front of the lances of the Austrian uhlans; actually, only four paces from each other, boys.

From Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

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.

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)