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)

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

The chassepot, a new breech-loading rifle, immensely superior to the Prussian needle-gun, was issued; the artillery trains were thoroughly overhauled, and a new machine-gun, the mitrailleuse, from which much was expected, introduced.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 3rd Infantry Division: General Laveaucoupet. 1st Brigade: General Doens. 10th battalion of Chasseurs. 2nd and 63rd Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Michelet. 24th and 40th Line regiments.

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