mitrailleuse

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Two 4-pounder batteries, one mitrailleuse battery. 3rd Infantry Division: General Raoult. 1st Brigade: General L'Heriller. 8th Chasseur battalion. 2nd Zouave regiment. 36th Line regiment. 2nd Brigade: General Lef�vre. 2nd regiment of Turcos. 48th Line regiment.

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

And, best of all, thus far no missile from that popping mitrailleuse of the German had done serious damage to the vitals of his plane.

From Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret by Beach, Charles Amory

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.

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

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