uhlans
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There are various uniforms of hussars, infantry, and uhlans, and some of the women, too, are dressed in a certain fantastically picturesque style to please their artist brothers or fiancés.
From The First Violin A Novel by Jessie Fothergill
We waited until evening, without seeing the uhlans: they had retreated after the first attack, but unfortunately we had not seen Piédelot either.
From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 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
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
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 Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
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