mitrailleuse

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So I do,–but only that I may go off with a bang by and by, � la mitrailleuse.

From Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals by Alcott, Louisa May

To save myself from a second dive I clutched hold of the mitrailleuse.

From How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. by Malins, Geoffrey H.

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.

We also had a mitrailleuse, which was drawn by eight oxen.

From By Veldt and Kopje by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 4th Infantry Division: General Decaen. 1st Brigade: General de Brauer. 11th Chasseur battalion. 44th and 60th Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Sangl�-Ferri�res. 80th and 85th Line regiments.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count