mitrailleuse
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Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 3rd Infantry Division: General de Lorencez. 1st Brigade: General Pajol. 2nd Chasseur battalion. 15th and 33rd Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Berger. 54th and 65th Line regiments.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Count Helmuth
In French, however, canon is the term applied to the barrel of small arms, and also, as an alternative to mitrailleuse or mitrailleur, to machine guns, as well as to ordnance properly so-called.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Hope sprang into their minds that they might capture the mitrailleuse abandoned halfway up.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Then what about the mitrailleuse aboard the plane?
From Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret by Charles Amory Beach
"At what range is the head of yonder column?" he asked, addressing the captain in charge of the mitrailleuse section.
From The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
"Make way, guns, mitrailleuses, and cannons," cried Briand, "for understanding, arbitration and peace!"
From Time Magazine Archive
At Périgueux, the workmen of the railway station seized the mitrailleuses.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
A hundred paces to the right of this German skirmish line, two mitrailleuses had been skillfully thrust forward some fifty yards in advance, and concealed in small trenches hurriedly dug.
From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Eric Fisher Wood
All Vinoy had been able to do was to place a few posts along the routes of Châtillon and Sèvres, and protect the approaches to the Assembly by some mitrailleuses.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
Supreme General Hushnoly had fully armed the various battalions with mitrailleuses and electric spears, and had furnished all with electric wings.
From The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar by William Richard Bradshaw
