| RANGE, ELEVATION, &c. | |||
| IRON ORDNANCE. | |||
| Guns | 42, 32, 24, 18, 12, 9, 6 Prs. | } | [75] |
| Carronades | 68, 42, 32, 24, 18, 12 Prs. | } | |
| Shrapnell shells | 68 Pr. Carronade, 8-inch Howitzer, 24 Pr. Gun, 18 Pr. Gun | [76] | |
| Guns | 12, 10, 8-inch | } | [77] |
| Carronade gun | 32 Pr. Howitzers. 8 and 10-inch | } | |
| Guns | 56, 68 Pr. | [78] | |
| Gun | 8-inch | [79] | |
| Ricochet, firing | [79] | ||
| ” practice | [80] | ||
| MORTARS. | |
| Practical rules for charge, range, &c. | [80] |
| Practice, 13, 10, 8, 5½, 4⅖-inch mortars | [81] |
| Greatest charges, and ranges | [82] |
PART V.
| STORES, IMPLEMENTS, COMBUSTIBLES, &c. | |
| Balls, light, smoke. Carcasses | [83] |
| Cartridges for guns, howitzers, carronades | [85] |
| Fuzes, old pattern, Boxer’s, metal | [86] |
| Grease. Grenades, hand | [87] |
| Gun cotton | [88] |
| Gunpowder, manufacture, proof, marks | [89] |
| ” Magazines. Barrels. Boxes | [90] |
| Handbarrows. Handspikes. Levers. Lights, blue | [91] |
| Lights, long, signal. Match, quick, slow | [92] |
| Parachute light ball, Boxer’s. Pendulums | [93] |
| Portfires, common, percussion, miners’, slow, coast guard | [94] |
| Quoins. Rockets, signal | [95] |
| Shells, common, naval, Shrapnell diaphragm | [96] |
| Shot, case, or canister, grape | [96] |
| Stool beds. Tubes, common, detonating, friction | [98] |
| Wadmiltilt. Wooden bottoms | [99] |
PART VI.
| FIELD BATTERY EXERCISE. DETAIL FOR ACTIVE SERVICE OF 9 Pr. TROOP OF HORSE ARTILLERY, 9 Pr. FIELD BATTERY, 18 Pr. FIELD BATTERY, 32 Pr. HOWITZER FIELD BATTERY, GUN AND SMALL ARM AMMUNITION RESERVE. INTERIOR MANAGEMENT OF A BATTERY. EMBARKING, AND DISEMBARKING. APPLICATION OF FIELD ARTILLERY. ENCAMPING, AND PICKETING. TENTS. HORSES. FORAGE. VETERINARY DIRECTIONS. CONGREVE ROCKET EXERCISE. | |
| Telling off the Detachment. Posts of the Detachment | [100] |
| Change of position. Detail of duties. Changing round | [101] |
| Exercise with reduced numbers. Distances required | [102] |
| Names of parts of a Field gun carriage | [102] |
| Limbering up. Unlimbering. Moving with the Prolonge | [103] |
| Exercise with Drag-ropes | [103] |
| Formation of a Battery. Posts, and duties of Officers, &c. | [104] |
| MANŒUVRES OF A BATTERY OF SIX PIECES OF ORDNANCE. | ||
| 1. | To advance. 2. To retire. 3. To come into action. 4. To diminish, or increase intervals on the march | [106] |
| 5. | To take ground to a flank. 6. To make a half turn on the march. 7. To form column of divisions in rear of a flank. 8. To form column of divisions in front of a flank | [107] |
| 9. | To form column of divisions on the centre division | [107] |
| 10. | To change front to the rear | [107] |
| 11. | To change front to a flank | [108] |
| 12. | To advance from a flank, in column | [109] |
| 13. | To advance from the centre in double column of sub-divisions. | |
| 14. | To move from a flank along the front in a column of divisions. | |
| 15. | To advance from a flank in echellon of sub-divisions. | |
| 16. | To advance from a flank in echellon of divisions | [110] |
| 17. | To retire from a flank in column. 18. To retire from the centre, in a double column of sub-divisions. 19. To retire from a flank by alternate half batteries in action | [111] |
| 20. | To break into column to a flank | [111] |
| 21. | To increase, and diminish the front | [112] |
| 22. | To bring the rear to the front, in succession on the march. | |
| 23. | To form line on the leading division | [113] |
| 24. | To form line on the rear division. 25. To form line on the centre division | [114] |
| 26. | To form line to the rear on the leading division | [114] |
| 27. | To form line to the rear of the rear division. 28. To form line to the rear, on the centre division. 29. To form line to the reverse flank on the leading division | [115] |
| 30. | To wheel into line | [115] |
| 31. | To deploy on the rear division. 32. To deploy on the centre division. 33. To countermarch | [116] |
| 34. | From double column of sub-divisions, to form line to the front. 35. From double column of sub-divisions to form line to a flank | [117] |
| Inspection, and Review | [117] | |
| EQUIPMENT OF A BATTERY. | |
| Packing the entrenching tools, camp equipage, &c. | [119] |
| 18 Pr. Gun | [120] |
| 12 Pr. medium, Gun | [121, 122] |
| 9 Pr. Gun | [123, 124] |
| Light 6 Pr. Gun | [125, 126] |
| 8-inch Howitzer | [127] |
| 32 Pr. Howitzer | [128, 129] |
| 24 Pr. Howitzer | [130, 131] |
| 12 Pr. Howitzer | [132, 133] |
| Weight of Riders, Harness, Ordnance, Carriages, &c., of a Field battery equipped | [134] |
| 9 Pr. Troop of Horse Artillery. Detail for active service | [135] |
| Reserve of Gun, and Small arm ammunition. Horse Artillery | [136] |
| 9 Pr. Field battery. Detail for active service | [137 to 140] |
| 18 Pr. Field battery. Detail for active service | [141] |
| 32 Pr. Howitzer Field battery. Detail for active service | [142] |
| Reserve of Gun, and Small arm ammunition. Detail | [143] |
| Gun ammunition reserve. Detail for Reserve Artillery | [144] |
| Small arm ammunition, reserve. Detail for Reserve Artillery | [145] |
| On the interior management of a battery | [146] |
| Embarking, and disembarking | [149] |
| Embarking guns, and carriages | [149] |
| Embarking the horses | [150] |