| How many British staff officers are aware that the elaborate braiding on their uniforms originated among Austrian hussars? |
| From their fast, lightly equipped mounted warriors, evolved the hussars of the 18th and 19th centuries, who in turn became the template for light cavalry the world over. |
| After becoming colonel of hussars in 1815, he was promoted to general by Napoleon on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo. |
| The practice of wearing a scalp lock extended as far west as French hussars of the early 18th century. |
| Born of a petty noble family, he served in the hussars from 1825 to 1831, when he was dismissed for participation in a political rebellion. |
| The tribune was surrounded by a squadron of hussars of the National Guard. |
