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uhlan$506348$ - translation to dutch

MILITARY UNIT IN THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
Black Brunswicker; Brunswick Corps; Black Hussars; Black Hussar; Black Uhlan; Brunswick skull
  • A statue of Frederick William, located in [[Braunschweig]]
  • ''Braunschweiger [[Totenkopf]]'' (Brunswick skull) badge
  • ''[[The Black Brunswicker]]'' by [[John Everett Millais]], painted in 1860
  • Brunswick Oels infantry and sharpshooters (right), 1809
  • Brunswick Oels ''uhlans'' (left) and a ''hussar'', 1809
  • Soldiers of the ''Leib-Bataillon'' with their distinctive horse hair plumes.
  • Brunswick line infantry at Quatre-Bras. Jagers of the advance guard are on the left.

uhlan      
n. lansruiter van een lichter cavalerie-eenheid met oorsprong uit Poolse leger); lids van zware cavalerie-eenheid (met oorsprong in Duitsland en West Europa)

Definition

uhlan
['u:l?:n, 'ju:-, ?'l?:n]
¦ noun historical (in various European armies) a cavalryman armed with a lance.
Origin
C18: via Fr. and Ger. from Polish (h)ulan, from Turk. og?lan 'youth, servant'.

Wikipedia

Black Brunswickers

The Brunswick Ducal Field-Corps (German: Herzoglich Braunschweigisches Feldcorps), commonly known as the Black Brunswickers in English and the Schwarze Schar (Black Troop, Black Horde, or Black Host) or Schwarze Legion (Black Legion) in German, were a military unit in the Napoleonic Wars. The corps was raised from volunteers by German-born Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771–1815). The Duke was a harsh opponent of Napoleon Bonaparte's occupation of his native Germany. Formed in 1809 when war broke out between the First French Empire and the Austrian Empire, the corps initially comprised a mixed force, around 2,300 strong, of infantry, cavalry and later supporting artillery.

Most units of the corps wore black uniforms, leading to the "black" nicknames of the unit, though some light units (such as sharpshooters and uhlans) wore green uniforms. The Brunswickers wore silvered skull "totenkopf" badges on their hats. Their title originated from Duke Frederick William, who claimed the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, which the French had abolished in order to incorporate its lands into the French satellite Kingdom of Westphalia. The Black Brunswickers earned themselves a fearsome reputation over the following decade, taking part in several significant battles including the prelude to the Battle of Waterloo, at Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815, where the Duke lost his life. However, recruiting, the replacement of casualties, and finance had always been problematic, and the corps was disbanded in the early 1820s.

The exploits of the Brunswickers caught the British Victorian public's imagination: an example of this can be found in John Everett Millais's painting The Black Brunswicker. Completed in 1860, the painting depicts a Brunswicker in his black uniform bidding goodbye to an unnamed woman.