uhlans
Example Sentences
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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 Andrew Lang
At that moment the curtain was raised, and on the stage a company of Irish volunteers and a number of German uhlans were revealed.
From What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it by Thomas F. A. Smith
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 Bart Haley
He had insisted that morning that the uhlans that they sighted were some of Bazaine's troops.
From The Downfall by E. P. Robins
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 E. P. Robins
