| An officer ascended the steps, approached the corpse, and discharged his chassepot into the left temple. |
| 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. |
| The Prussians suffered over 4,400 casualties, which, allowing for their superiority in artillery, still demonstrates the effectiveness of the French chassepot. |
| A soldier placing his chassepot at his ear blew out his brains. |
| We forget that France gave us the modern bolt-action rifle in the first place, the Chassepot. |
