Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
automitrailleuzen
English translation:
Armoured cars
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ELisabeth Luhrs
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It's part of an extract from a city record on happenings of a day during the war: Here is the entire sentence:
Het zijn twee automitrailleuzen-verkenners, met Amerikaansche militaire bemanning en overtalrijke burgerlijke passagiers.
Het zijn twee automitrailleuzen-verkenners, met Amerikaansche militaire bemanning en overtalrijke burgerlijke passagiers.
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| 4 | Armoured cars |
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| 4 | armoured car |
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Armoured cars
Term coined by the Belgians in WWI. They were one of the pioneers. A Belgian armoured car unit even fought in Russia to assist the Tsarists against the Bolsjeviks.
Reference:
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/ww1/WW1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_armoured_cars#Belgium
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Dutch term (edited):
automitrailleuse, pantserwagen
armoured car
Automitrailleuse is French for armoured car. 'Pantserwagen' is a more common Dutch term. Compare two refs. below.
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