Within the mext two or three weeks two new quick-firing guns are expected to arrive in Shanghai for the French Volunteers. Thes are the well-known mitrailleuse of the French army, and have been con: structed at the arsenal at Bourges. For the use of the volunteers in Shanghai it is impossible to obtain the very latest pattern gun, as this requires a specially-made cartridge, the manufacture of which is a government secret, and which gives a flat trajectory. up to 800 yards, but these guns are of the design imme diately preceding this.
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