uhlans
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There are distinctions in this branch of the service, too, among the cavalry units being cuirassiers, hussars, uhlans and dragoons.
From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller
We waited until evening, without seeing the uhlans; they had retreated after the first attack, but unfortunately we had not seen Piédelot either.
From Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales by Guy de Maupassant
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 Guy de Maupassant
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 Isabel Florence Hapgood
He had insisted that morning that the uhlans that they sighted were some of Bazaine's troops.
From The Downfall by E. P. Robins
