Uhlan

In the Germanic armies, a uhlan is a rider armed with a Lance, similar to the Lancier of the French Armies.

The word uhlan comes from the Tartar “Oglan” which means “honest warrior”.

The uhlans were at the origin of the light riders Polish armed with lances, swords and rifles. The uhlans were useful later in the armed with Prussia and Austria. One also meets similar troops in other European armies called “lancers”.

The first regiments of uhlans have summers created at the 18th century.

At the 19th century, many regiments of uhlans were set up by the Duché of Warsaw.

At the beginning of the First World War, the German armed aligned 26 regiments of uhlans: 3 regiments of the Guard, 21 regiments of line (16 Prussians, 2 Wurtemberg eois and 3 Saxon) like 2 regiments of the autonomous Bavarian army. After having been useful like cavalry at the very first months of the war, the regiments of uhlans were useful as infantrymen in the trenches or were transferred on the face Is where the more primitive conditions made it possible the cavalry to play a decisive part.

The 26 regiments of uhlans were dissolved in 1918 - 1919.

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