You have read about their famous Uhlans. They are worth nothing. When
we have come close to them they have always turned round. We are just
wanting to get them to charge. They are very hard to tell from a
distance because they are very much like ourselves. I am just getting
settled down to it now. If the Germans were good shots I would not be
writing to you now, but I must say their artillery fire is very hot. It
is that which has found most of our fellows. The people here can’t do
enough for us. They simply go mad when they see us: _A Trooper of the
9th Lancers_.