Lexicographical Neighbors of Chassepots
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Literary usage of Chassepots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rise and Fall of the Paris Commune in 1871: With a Full Account of the by William Pembroke Fetridge (1871)
"... Mairie—Is ejected by citizen Lullier —Warehouses broken into by the mob—chassepots
sold for ten francs- Deputation sent to Valerien—Second procession of ..."
2. Life of Victor Emmanuel II., First King of Italy by Georgina Sarah Godkin (1879)
"When Pepoli had written it he gave it to the king to read, who exclaimed, ' How
is this ? you have said nothing about the chassepots. ..."
3. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1868)
"If we assume two French battalions at 800 strong, this would give 1600 chassepots.
But it is probable that not more than a quarter of that number were ..."
4. The War for the Rhine Frontier, 1870: Its Political and Military History by Wilhelm Rüstow, John Layland Needham (1872)
"For actual work in the field, it was intended to use only the chassepots, of
which there were about 1200000. But if the Mobile Guard and the Sedentary ..."
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