In 1884 the lance was replaced by the sabre in the Austro-Hungarian cavalry, although the Ulan regiments retained their traditional titles and lancer caps until World War I. [24] As with other …

Together with the Dragoons and Hussars, the Imperial and Royal Uhlans (German: k.u.k. Ulanen), made up the cavalry of the Austro-Hungarian Army from 1867 to 1918, both in the Common …

…regiments into lancers known as Uhlans. In 1914 they briefly carried their antique weapons into a machine-gun war, as did the British and French—men were run through with lances at the …

Farwell, Byron (2001). The Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Land Warfare: an Illustrated World View.W.W Norton & Company, New York. ISBN 0-393-04770-9.; Meyer, Friedrich …

The Ulanen (Lancers) Tschapka with its distinctive square top first appeared in 1808 when Preußen introduced Ulanen (Lancer) Regiments to emulate the Polish lancers as did many …

In 1790, after the Turkish War, the six divisions were collected and a regular uhlan regiment was formed. It was the first uhlan regiment in the Austrian Army. In 1790 Colonel O Donell raised a …

In 1914 the Imperial German Army included twenty-six Uhlan regiments, three of which were Guard regiments, twenty-one line (sixteen Prussian, two Württemberg and three Saxon) and …

This page lists all Ulanen (Lancers) Regts of the German empire in 1914 including the kingdom of Bayern (Bavaria). The Ulanen Ulanka was Dunkelblau (dark blue) for German Reich Regts, …

ULAN (formerly spelt Uhlan), originally a Polish cavalry soldier armed with a lance. These troops were light cavalry, and wore the national dress and czapka (or lancer cap). They were …

After Ułan's death his regiment was nicknamed 'Ułanowe dzieci' (Ułan's children) and 'Ułanowe wojsko' (Ulan's army) and then shortened to Ułans. Prior to 1764 all Polish-Lithuanian Tatar …