Sentence examples for uhlan from inspiring English sources

Upon graduation, he joined an elegant uhlan regiment of the Imperial Guard, but with his father's fortune filling his sails, he soon embarked on a career of social butterfly, aesthete, collector, cultural impresario and diplomat.

On a trip to Berlin, he causes a diplomatic incident in a beerhouse and is challenged to a duel by a young Uhlan officer, played by Anton Walbrook.

Philip Laing and his wife had been good friends of the Uhlans and Philip wanted to help the children.

There is a scene in "War and Peace" in which Napoleon is so focused on reaching Moscow, so busy with his map and field glass, that he barely notices a group of his soldiers, Polish Uhlans, who have tried to impress him by attempting to cross a frigid river.

The attacking force (or Blue Army), which consisted of four battalions of infantry, a squadron of Uhlans and a mountain battery, was embarked on board troopships at Fiume.

"The little man in the gray overcoat," writes Tolstoy, "began pacing up and down the bank… occasionally glancing disapprovingly at the drowning Uhlans, who distracted his attention".

In 1912 Richthofen became a lieutenant in the 1st Uhlan Cavalry Regiment of the Prussian Army.

Background of Walter Uhlan, a thirty-nine year old Bostonian; his childhood, education, Army career, business ventures, marriage, & the frustration that led to the breakdown and loss of memory.

He was 13, Pete was 12, and Owen was in his first year of graduate… Bob Uhlan and his wife were killed in an auto accident, leaving behind three small children.

Bob Uhlan and his wife were killed in an auto accident, leaving behind three small children.

By Edward Newhouse The New Yorker, November 23 , 1957P. 54 Bob Uhlan and his wife were killed in an auto accident, leaving behind three small children.