mitrailleuse

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Jack fumbled for the fastenings of the airplane mitrailleuse, it being his intention to swing the gun free, so that he could turn its 135 muzzle in any quarter desired.

From Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret by Beach, Charles Amory

But in time of actual war its personnel was less mixed, and Chapman's letters showed him serving there contentedly as pointer of a mitrailleuse.

From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)

We examined the mitrailleuse, of which the world has heard so much of late.

From E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life by Roe, Mary A.

Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 2nd Infantry Division: General de l'Abadie d'Aydroin. 1st Brigade: General Lapasset. 14th Chasseur battalion. 49th and 84th Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General de Maussion. 88th and 97th Line regiments.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count

Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 3rd Infantry Division: General Laveaucoupet. 1st Brigade: General Doens. 10th battalion of Chasseurs. 2nd and 63rd Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Michelet. 24th and 40th Line regiments.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count