mitrailleuse

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Jack fumbled for the fastenings of the airplane mitrailleuse, it being his intention to swing the gun free, so that he could turn its 135 muzzle in any quarter desired.

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

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

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

Two 4-pounder, two mitrailleuse batteries. 2nd Infantry Division: General Li�bert. 1st Brigade: General Guiomar. 6th Chasseur battalion. 5th and 37th Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General de la Bastide. 53rd and 89th Line regiments.

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

But in time of actual war its personnel was less mixed, and Chapman's letters showed him serving there contentedly as pointer of a mitrailleuse.

From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)