mitrailleuse

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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)

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 Malins, Geoffrey H.

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

Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 3rd Infantry Division: General Metman. 1st Brigade: General de Potier. 7th Chasseur battalion. 7th and 29th Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Arnaudeau. 59th and 71st Line regiments.

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

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 Helmuth, Count