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New French War Engine and Early War Dispatches
A detailed report explains the mitrailleuse mechanism with a 37-shot plate fired by a crank, plus notes on loading speed and limits. It also covers British war preparations, Gladstone’s remarks, American sentiment, and various neutral powers amid France and Prussia tensions.
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Buling Baer
Motz
England
United Service Gazette
War Office
France
Prussia
Royal Artillery
Mediterranean
Antwerp
Belgium
Edmond Beales
Whittington Club
Cremer
Lucraft
Odger
Louis Napoleon
Hell
William
Mr. Odger
Great Britain
Ireland
Gladstone
Cobden Club
Germany
Europe
United States
Daily News
New York Tribune
Napoleon
New York Times
Herald
New York
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Carl Schurtz
Franz Sigel
Saloman
Wisconsin
Count Bismark
Berlin
Russia
Rour
Bismark
Lord Augustus Loftus
Gortschakoff
Wildbad
Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Toulon
Denmark
Elbe
Copenhagen
Doppel
Paris
Italy
Florence
Swiss
Tuscany
Leghorn
Bologna
Madrid
Spain
London
Metz
Strasburg
Baden
M. Benedetti
Kurgarten
Ems
Chalons
Rhine
Mayence
Cologne
Rhineland