mitrailleuse

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Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 2nd Infantry Division: General de Castagny. 1st Brigade: General Cambriels. 15th Chasseur battalion. 19th and 41st Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Duplessis. 69th and 90th Line regiments.

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

We also had a mitrailleuse, which was drawn by eight oxen.

From By Veldt and Kopje by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

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

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

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.