mitrailleuse
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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 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
The chassepot, a new breech-loading rifle, immensely superior to the Prussian needle-gun, was issued; the artillery trains were thoroughly overhauled, and a new machine-gun, the mitrailleuse, from which much was expected, introduced.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 3rd Infantry Division: General Dumont. 1st Brigade: General Bordas. 52nd and 72nd Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Bittard des Portes. 82nd and 83rd Line regiments.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Count Helmuth
And, best of all, thus far no missile from that popping mitrailleuse of the German had done serious damage to the vitals of his plane.
From Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret by Charles Amory Beach
"Make way, guns, mitrailleuses, and cannons," cried Briand, "for understanding, arbitration and peace!"
From Time Magazine Archive
No, he is relying upon his mitrailleuses: and then he wants to strengthen his dynasty—what does the rest matter to him?
From The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War by Alexandre Chatrian
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
A fight between them is unequal, and the inequality is not easily overcome, for the German machines are too light for mitrailleuses.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
At six o'clock the 61st reached the Moulineaux, defended by gendarmes; these were soon forced to retreat to Meudon, strongly occupied by a Versaillese brigade entrenched in the villas and provided with mitrailleuses.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
