In Europe it became more popular than the French mitrailleuse. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
Even the automobile and auto-mitrailleuse men cannot follow them there. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915] Reference
The first form of this weapon tried, the mitrailleuse, was not very successful. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
My good friend of the auto-mitrailleuse smiled, rose, and buttoned up his coat. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915] Reference
On the subject of the mitrailleuse, he opted for both disclosure and titillation. From Wordnik.com. [The Gun] Reference
A bridge had to be blown up, and the whole place was an inferno of mitrailleuse and rifle fire. From Wordnik.com. [Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters] Reference
From the blackness before us came a succession of curious, muffled clickings, like a smothered mitrailleuse. From Wordnik.com. [The Metal Monster] Reference
Sadowa and '66 were child's play to this here, with the fire of the chassepot and that infernal mitrailleuse!. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
The German soldiers then fired a mitrailleuse and their rifles upon the people, and the people fell on all sides. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
If he has a machinegun, such as a Maxim or a mitrailleuse, it is almost out of the question to train it vertically. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
In one encounter he fought in a Blériot machine carrying a mitrailleuse, and the enemy dropped, riddled with bullets. From Wordnik.com. [Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters] Reference
Now new rapid-fire guns—not only the mitrailleuse but the Hotchkiss and the Gardner—were in development or coming to market. From Wordnik.com. [The Gun] Reference
From the reports of the auto-mitrailleuse men, who cover great distances in a day, similar skirmishing had been taking place at Etain. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915] Reference
My mitrailleuse had been mounted the night before. From Wordnik.com. [Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun] Reference
A dozen artillerymen were pushing a mitrailleuse up behind the overturned wagon. From Wordnik.com. [Lorraine A romance] Reference
You hear the staccato barking of his mitrailleuse and see him pass from under the. From Wordnik.com. [Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun] Reference
I could see his gunner working the mitrailleuse for fair, and felt his bullets darn close. From Wordnik.com. [Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun] Reference
If you hear rifle fire or mitrailleuse fire on the trenches, then go, as fast as you can run. From Wordnik.com. [Young Hilda at the Wars] Reference
Bullets -- mitrailleuse -- shrapnel -- it is no more to him than to go out in a shower of rain. From Wordnik.com. [The Belfry] Reference
By the time I reach the sidewalk they were moving off, some of the men helping the dogs with the mitrailleuse. From Wordnik.com. [World's War Events, Vol. I] Reference
Each of them had several adjoining wounds, bullet-holes an inch or so apart -- the mitrailleuse had fired fast. From Wordnik.com. [Under Fire: the story of a squad] Reference
Yet to-day I am almost ashamed to appear in such a belligerent fashion, with this terrible mitrailleuse of gardening. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
During this time very heavy fire, mitrailleuse and rifle, was being kept up, and shells were being very rapidly fired. From Wordnik.com. [The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force] Reference
The doctor said that for the warfare of today reliance is mainly upon the mitrailleuse, which fires 300 shots a minute. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey Through France in War Time] Reference
The mitrailleuse section, however, kept cool, and fired from 200 to 250 shots before Squadron Commander Briggs was brought down. From Wordnik.com. [The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force] Reference
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