Both uhlan and czapska derive from Turkish and clearly associate the Polish lancers with origins in Turkey. |
The lancers wore the czapka of the Polish uhlans, the hussars wore the dolmans of Hungarian horsemen. |
I just went to Thomson's around the time of the First War where they learned you quadrilles and lancers. |
Twenty-four regiments formed part of the Restoration army, but subsequent restructuring reduced this number as some were converted to lancers. |
But when free of the classroom, he transforms himself into the role of the leader of an elite corps of Polish lancers in Napoleon's army. |
Colin Baker had learned to ride horses while commanding the Hunter River lancers from 1983-86 as a member of the Army reserve. |