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

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.

The French were posted ten leagues away without moving, and yet, each night, some of the uhlans disappeared.

From Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales by Maupassant, Guy de

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

Swiftly as men forget, that countryside 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 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew