Sand Bags—500 for every piece of ordnance in the large places, and ¼ less in the small ones.
Handspikes—10 per piece.
Tackle Falls for gins—1 for every 10 pieces to spare.
Musquets—1 per soldier, and the same number to spare.
Pistols, pairs—½ the number of musquets.
Flints—50 per musquet, and 10 per pistol.
Lead or Balls for small arms—30 pounds per musquet.
Powder for Small Arms—5 pounds for every musquet in the garrison, including the spare ones.
The above proportions are taken from Durtubie’s Manuel De l’Artilleur.
The following method of regulating the management of the artillery, and estimating the probable expenditure of ammunition in the defence of a fortified place, is extracted from a valuable work on fortification lately published at Berlin. It is particularly applied to a regular hexagon; the siege is divided into three periods, viz.