hulans

• From their origin they were distinguished for the celerity of their movements and their devotion to fine costumes The hulans were a species of Polish light cavalry, bearing lances, and taking their name from their commander--a nobleman named Huland Chasseurs are French regiments, designed chiefly to act as scouts and skirmishers. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
• For a while he seemed to bear a charmed life; but a rifleman of the Prussian hulans took a sure aim. —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844
• Not Metz-land now, but the Clermontais is getting harried; flying hulans and huzzars have been seen on the —  The French Revolution
• European warfare -- such as dragoons, cuirassiers, hussars, lancers, chasseurs, hulans, etc. Heavy cavalry is composed of the heavier men and horses, and is usually divided into dragoons and cuirassiers. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
• To attack such a force with fifty worn-out men, was obviously hopeless, and my hulans, brave as they were, hung down their heads; but a fresh concourse came rushing from the gates with even louder outcries than before, and the words, _massacre_ and _conflagration_, were heard with fearful emphasis. —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844

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