mitrailleuse
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I pointed out to her that nothing more delicate than a mitrailleuse had yet been invented.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
"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 Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
So I do,–but only that I may go off with a bang by and by, � la mitrailleuse.
From Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals by Alcott, Louisa May
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
To save myself from a second dive I clutched hold of the mitrailleuse.
From How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. by Malins, Geoffrey H.
"Make way, guns, mitrailleuses, and cannons," cried Briand, "for understanding, arbitration and peace!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Dennis Deventer, who never missed anything in the works, noted the men's behaviour, but continued his exposition of the secret of preventing the jamming of the mitrailleuses.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Eighty-five cannon and about twenty mitrailleuses were lying there, dirty, pell-mell, and no one during these eight weeks had even thought of cleaning them.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
Assisted by the flanking fire of the French guns, the British penetrated Tr�nes Wood, and obtained a foothold there, seizing a line of trenches and capturing 130 prisoners and several mitrailleuses.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
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 Wood, Eric Fisher
