hussar|hussars in English

noun

[hus·sar || hə'zɑr /hʊ'zɑː]

member of the Hungarian light cavalry; member of a European light cavalry regiment

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1. Ex Russians cuirassiers versus ex Prussian hussars or ex Austrian soldiers.

2. In a tribute to the 8th Hussars, General John O'Daniel, commanding the US 1st Corps, stated: "In their Centurions, the 8th Hussars have evolved a new type of tank warfare.

3. The Prussian von Kleist Freikorps included infantry, jäger, dragoons and hussars.

4. Prussia - The Prussian unique units are the 18th-century Musketeer (Fusilier) and the Prussian Hussar.

5. The new king also added sixteen battalions, five squadrons of hussars, and a squadron of life guards.

6. It is reputed to be "the best breed in the Republic for light troops, dragoons, hussars, and cavalry officers".

7. Commonplace throughout Europe, the Burgonet was accompanied by plate armour and worn by cuirassiers, demi-lancers and hussars

8. He began his military career at the age of sixteen, when he joined the Swedish Army as a hussar.

9. Poland - Poland has four unique units, the 17th-century Musketeer, the 17th-century Pikeman, the Winged Hussar and the Light Rider.

10. Life as a civil servant did not suit Ney, and he enlisted in the Colonel-General Hussar Regiment in 1787.

11. The fifteen-year-old François Kellermann entered the French Army as a cadet volunteer with a hussar regiment: the Régiment de Loweridath.

12. The Croats, also known as Cravats or Crabats were 17th-century light cavalry forces in Central Europe, comparable to the hussars

13. An 11th Hussar squadron, the 2nd Rifle Brigade and cruiser tanks of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment (1st RTR) harassed the Italian force on the escarpment.

14. Burgonets were also a popular helmet type among the Polish winged hussars, where they took many different forms, often featuring a nasal bar or facial guard

15. The first men of Davout's corps arrived at this time and threw the Allies out of Telnitz before they too were attacked by hussars and re-abandoned the town.

16. This was quite a problem for Laudon, because his four infantry battalions, a regiment of dragoons, a regiment of hussars, an artillery battery and a troop of frontier guards had only about 6,000 men.

17. Busby is the English name for the Hungarian prémes csákó ("fur shako ") or kucsma, a military head-dress made of fur, originally worn by Hungarian hussars

18. His monument survives in Exeter Cathedral.In the later 19th century, the house was occupied by Alfred Robert Hole (1815-1898), Justice of the Peace for Devon and Major, 13th Hussars, North Devon Yeomanry.

19. "one of the Artfulest rogues of former times, whose praises Pushkin once sang." A reference to Pushkin's friend Petr Pavlovich Kaverin (1794-1855), an 1812-veteran hussar offcer infamous for his gambling, drinking, and practical jokes

20. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71), Bernhardi was a cavalry lieutenant in the 14th Hussars of the Prussian Army, and at the end of that conflict had the honor of being the first German to ride through the Arc de Triomphe when the Germans entered Paris.