mitrailleuse
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This was a crack mitrailleuse company of Brussels.
From World's War Events, Vol. I by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
By the time I reach the sidewalk they were moving off, some of the men helping the dogs with the mitrailleuse.
From World's War Events, Vol. I by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
When I went to bed four of the members of that shattered mitrailleuse company climbed three flights of stairs to see that I had a comfortable room.
From World's War Events, Vol. I by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
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
These were designed to retard German scouting parties or halt German mitrailleuse automobiles.
From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Eric Fisher Wood
"Make way, guns, mitrailleuses, and cannons," cried Briand, "for understanding, arbitration and peace!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Fifty-six Imperial eagles, 622 field and 876 fortress guns, 72 mitrailleuses and 260,000 rifles fell into the hands of the Germans.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Count Helmuth
A heavy battery of the latter had already driven away the French mitrailleuses in front of Pontlieue.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Count Helmuth
They usually do, as the majority of German aeronauts carry only rifles; the French now all have mitrailleuses.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
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
