mitrailleuse

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"At what range is the head of yonder column?" he asked, addressing the captain in charge of the mitrailleuse section.

From The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Hope sprang into their minds that they might capture the mitrailleuse abandoned halfway up.

From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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

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.

Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 2nd Infantry Division: General Bataille. 1st Brigade: General Pouget. 12th battalion of Chasseurs. 8th and 23rd Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Fauvart-Bastoul. 66th and 67th Line regiments.

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