How To Use Franc-tireur In A Sentence
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A footfall sounded on the dead leaves behind him, and a franc-tireur touched him on the shoulder.
Lorraine A romance
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June 6 -- Belgian Legation at Washington gives out a statement answering the German White Book recently issued at Berlin making accusations against the Belgian civilian population; reply denounces allegations of franc-tireur warfare as false and unsupported; Belgian Government, instead of encouraging civilian resistance, warned the population against it.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915
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It is the old familiar formula of the _franc-tireur_.
Golden Lads
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The franc-tireur in charge of the wine-bin watches us complaisantly from his counter where he sits flanked by flasks of Hoboken chianti and a case of brittle cigars.
Shandygaff
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Both he and his French comrade were captured, and Bach was twice court-martialed by the Germans on suspicion of being an American _franc-tireur_ -- the penalty for which is death!
Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun
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Both he and his French comrade were captured, and Bach was twice court-martialed by the Germans on suspicion of being an American franc-tireur -- the penalty for which is death!
Flying for France. With the American Escadrille at Verdun
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As a civilian, the court found Fryatt guilty as a franc-tireur for his attempt to sink a German warship and he received a sentence of capital punishment.
Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I
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And these absurd franc-tireur attacks on British economic targets, like the dear old Prince Albert, are hardly endearing.
ANTI-ICE
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But there has come no challenge of facts -- we that have seen have given names, dates and places -- only a blanket denial and counter charges of _franc-tireur_ warfare, as carried on by babies in arms, white-haired grandmothers and sick women.
Golden Lads
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= Frank person franc-tireur fràncti-rer frisée, frisé frìzây frottage frótàzh frou-frou froû-frou fuselage fûsilàzh fusil fûzil fusilier, fusileer fusilêer fusillade fuzilàd
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Needless to say that these consequences are not intentional on our part, but cannot be avoided in this infamous franc-tireur war being led against us.
New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why?
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Sure enough, around the bend in the road slunk a franc-tireur, loaded down with what appeared to be mail-sacks.
Lorraine A romance
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He did not depreciate the labors of so-called dilettanti, who were after all lovers of knowledge, and in a study such as that of anthropology, the labors of these volunteers, or franc-tireurs, had often proved most valuable.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891