| Exercise, with Reduced Numbers. | ||||||||
| Nos. Retained. | Distribution of duties. | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1, 2 | 1, 4, 5 | 2, 3, 6 | ||||||
| 1, 2, 3 | 4, 5 | 2 | 3, 6 | |||||
| 1, 2, 3, 4 | 1 | 2 | 3, 6 | 4, 5 | ||||
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 1 | 2 | 3, 6 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
DISTANCES REQUIRED
| for a Battery of 6 Guns (4 horses to each Carriage). | |||
| In Line, from muzzle to muzzle | 15 | yards. | |
| In Column of Route | 177 | ” | |
| ” | Sub-divisions | 87 | ” |
| ” | Divisions | 87 | ” |
| ” | Half battery | 72 | ” |
A Gun, or Waggon, with 4 Horses covers 11 yards of ground, from front to rear.
For every additional pair of Horses 4 yards should be added.
A Battery of 6 Guns, when limbered up at full intervals, occupies from
Right to left 78 yards.
Front to rear 26 yards.
On each flank, 22 additional yards should be allowed.
A battery of 6 Guns, when unlimbered for Action, at full intervals, occupies from