mitrailleuse
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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 P. Lissagary
Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 3rd Infantry Division: General Dumont. 1st Brigade: General Bordas. 52nd and 72nd Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Bittard des Portes. 82nd and 83rd Line regiments.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Count Helmuth
Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 4th Infantry Division: General Levassor-Sorval. 1st Brigade: General de Marguenat. 25th and 26th Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General de Chanaleilles. 28th and 70th Line regiments.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Count Helmuth
The mitrailleuse section, however, kept cool, and fired from 200 to 250 shots before Squadron Commander Briggs was brought down.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
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
"Make way, guns, mitrailleuses, and cannons," cried Briand, "for understanding, arbitration and peace!"
From Time Magazine Archive
A portion consisted of donkeys with all the paraphernalia of a soldier strapped to their backs, together with rapid firing mitrailleuses.
From A Journey Through France in War Time by Joseph G. (Joseph Green) Butler
All Vinoy had been able to do was to place a few posts along the routes of Châtillon and Sèvres, and protect the approaches to the Assembly by some mitrailleuses.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
Perraud of the same regiment, having noticed that the soldiers of a section of men upon whom his mitrailleuses were firing were wearing red trousers, ordered the firing to cease.
From The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 by Various
Even as it is they have found enough rifles to arm themselves, but so far we have saved the mitrailleuses and the field artillery.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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