mitrailleuses
- plural of mitrailleuse.
Example Sentences
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"Make way, guns, mitrailleuses, and cannons," cried Briand, "for understanding, arbitration and peace!"
From Time Magazine Archive
The village street, that had been raked by mitrailleuses from the field beyond it, was quiet when we came in, and almost deserted.
From A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by Sinclair, May
Only a momentary hesitation on the part of the Uhlans saved the situation, for, seeing the convoy advance at full speed, they feared an attack by the already dreaded motor-cars armed with mitrailleuses.
From The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
At Périgueux, the workmen of the railway station seized the mitrailleuses.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
Fifty-six Imperial eagles, 622 field and 876 fortress guns, 72 mitrailleuses and 260,000 rifles fell into the hands of the Germans.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count
