A soldier placing his chassepot at his ear blew out his brains. |
He was collecting chassepots, and received five sous for every chassepot he brought in. |
The Commission of Pardons awaited, chassepot in hand, the prey given up to them by the courts-martial. |
We forget that France gave us the modern bolt-action rifle in the first place, the Chassepot. |
The bark is jagged by the slashes of venomous chassepot bullets. |
The Prussians were impressed with the French Chassepot and issued numbers of captured carbines to their mounted troops as the Chassepot-Karabiner. |