uhlans
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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)
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
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 Smith, Thomas F. A.
The uhlans have now commandeered my horse for their troop, but the caparison remains in my possession; every expert praises this caparison, that it is strong and comfortable, and pretty as a picture.
From Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Noyes, George Rapall
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 Maupassant, Guy de
