UHLANS SMASHED.
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disclosed two regiments of uhlans bivouacked. A battery of field artillery covered the roa-d of escape, and th© infantry advanced. The German sentries gave the-alarra, and the uhlans galloped back. The artillery opened fire at two hundred yards with shrapnel, and two squadrons of British cavalry finished them. Three hundred uhlans were killed or wounded, and many prisoners were taken.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11216, 23 October 1914, Page 1
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