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
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
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 Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
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
The two Westphalian regiments advanced steadily under the storm of shell and mitrailleuse fire till they suddenly reached the edge of a deep ravine hitherto unseen.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Count Helmuth
"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
Apparently, for they were never tired of gazing with ecstasy on the mitrailleuses.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
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 P. Lissagary
Here they had erected formidable works, and were reported to be hard at work mounting guns and mitrailleuses there.
From A Girl of the Commune by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
