mitrailleuse
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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 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
"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)
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
The two Westphalian regiments advanced steadily under the storm of shell and mitrailleuse fire till they suddenly reached the edge of a deep ravine hitherto unseen.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count
