uhlans
Example Sentences
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"Wild horses, much less wild uhlans, couldn't drag me out of this place," I said, feeling as brave and firm as a story-book heroine, though to Tony I may have seemed obstinate as a mule.
From Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)
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 Maupassant, Guy de
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 Fothergill, Jessie
Confound it!" he said to us, "does it not pain you to know that there are a lot of uhlans within two hours of us?
From Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales by Maupassant, Guy de
They were indeed uhlans, the first Prussians that the 106th had set eyes on.
From The Downfall by Robins, E. P.
