uhlans

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The triumphal entry of the Austrian uhlans and artillery into Przemysl.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

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.

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

They were indeed uhlans, the first Prussians that the 106th had set eyes on.

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