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At the Battle of Waterloo, on June 18th 1815, 2 regiments of Polish Uhlans of the Imperial Guard met Cumberland's dragoons. The Uhlans broke two brigades of British Dargoons and then rode down an entire Ponsonby's brigade, killing General Ponsonby, two colonels and 700 soldiers in the process.
Uhlans were Polish light cavalry armed with lances, sabers and pistols. The title was later used by lancer regiments in the Prussian and Austrian armies. The name itself comes from Tartar words oglan or uhuan meaning brave warrior. After the start of the Napoleonic Wars, uhlan formations were raised by the Duchy of Warsaw.
The British Army first used the designation Dragoons in 1746, when the King's Own Regiment of Horse and the Princess of Wales's Own Regiment of Horse were re designated the 1st and 2nd Dragoon Guards. Other regiments followed. By the early 19th century, the British Dragoon Guards regiments had abandoned their cuirasses (although they still wore helmets) and were essentially indistinguishable from Dragoon regiments.

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