mitrailleuse
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Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 2nd Infantry Division: General de Castagny. 1st Brigade: General Cambriels. 15th Chasseur battalion. 19th and 41st Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Duplessis. 69th and 90th Line regiments.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Count Helmuth
"How many mitrailleuse have you at the railroad?"
From Young Hilda at the Wars by Arthur Gleason
This I proceeded to do, and got an excellent scene of the mitrailleuse in action, and the other section loading up.
From How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. by Geoffrey H. Malins
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
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
"Make way, guns, mitrailleuses, and cannons," cried Briand, "for understanding, arbitration and peace!"
From Time Magazine Archive
They surrounded the mitrailleuses, apostrophized the sergeant in command of the gun, saying, "This is shameful; what are you doing there?"
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
The village street, that had been raked by mitrailleuses from the field beyond it, was quiet when we came in, and almost deserted.
From A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by May Sinclair
Even as it is they have found enough rifles to arm themselves, but so far we have saved the mitrailleuses and the field artillery.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
The French had also captured a large amount of booty which included 85 cannon, some of the largest size, 100 mitrailleuses, 26 "Minenwerfer," and stores of ammunition and war material.
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 Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill
