mitrailleuse
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Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 2nd Infantry Division: General Lacretelle. 1st Brigade: General Bernier Maligny. 14th, 20th, and 30th Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Marquisan. 3rd and 4th marching regiments.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count
Two 4-pounder, two mitrailleuse batteries. 3rd Infantry Division: General de Vassoigne. 1st Brigade: General Reboul. 1st and 2nd regiments of marine infantry. 2nd Brigade: General Martin de Pailli�res. 3rd and 4th regiments of marine infantry.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count
He provided the St. Florentin redoubt with a mitrailleuse and a piece of 4; that of the Rue Royale, at the entrance of the Place de la Concorde, with two pieces of 12.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
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)
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
