mitrailleuse

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Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 2nd Infantry Division: General Bataille. 1st Brigade: General Pouget. 12th battalion of Chasseurs. 8th and 23rd Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Fauvart-Bastoul. 66th and 67th 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

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, 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

Two 4-pounder batteries, one mitrailleuse battery. 4th Infantry Division: General de Lartigue. 1st Brigade: General Frabonlet de Kerl�adec. 1st battalion of Chasseurs. 3rd Zouave regiment. 56th Line regiment.

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