mitrailleuse

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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 Helmuth, Count

In French, however, canon is the term applied to the barrel of small arms, and also, as an alternative to mitrailleuse or mitrailleur, to machine guns, as well as to ordnance properly so-called.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 4th Infantry Division: General Decaen. 1st Brigade: General de Brauer. 11th Chasseur battalion. 44th and 60th Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Sangl�-Ferri�res. 80th and 85th Line regiments.

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

These were designed to retard German scouting parties or halt German mitrailleuse automobiles.

From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Wood, Eric Fisher

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