The bombardier, and pocket gunner

by Ralph Willett Adye

Nature.	No. of Rounds
12 Prs. Medium.	66
6 Prs. Heavy.	120
6 Prs. Light.	138
5½ How’r.	60

The horse artillery having waggons of a particular description, carry their ammunition as follows:

	Shot.		Shells.	Carcasses.	Total No. with each Piece.
	Round.	Case.
12 Prs. light, on the limber	12	4	4	—	92
Do. ”  ” in one waggon	52	10	10	—
6 Prs. light, on the limber	32	8	—	—	150
Do. in one waggon	97	13	—	—
5½ In. How’r on the limber	—	5	13	—	73
Do. in one waggon	—	10	41	4
3 Prs. heavy, curricle	6	6	—	—	136
Do.ammunition cart	100	24	—	—

The following Proportion of Artillery, Ammunition, and Carriages, necessary for four French Armies of different Degrees of Strength, and acting in very different Countries, is attributed to Gribauvale, and is extracted from Durtubie, on Artillery.

ARMIES.			Flanders.	Moselle.	Rhine.	Italy.
Number of battalions			80	28	32	48
Battalion guns			160	56	64	94
Park or Reserve		12 Prs.	32	12	12	16
		8 Prs.	72	24	32	48
		4 Prs.	40	16	16	24
		6 Inch Howitzers	8	4	4	8
Total pieces of ordnance			312	112	128	192
Carriage for the ordnance including spare ones		12 Prs.	36	14	14	18
		8 Prs.	81	27	36	54
		4 Prs.	215	78	90	129
		6 Inch Howitzers	9	5	5	9
Total ordnance carriages			341	124	145	210
Ammunition waggons		12 Prs.	96	36	36	48
		8 Prs.	144	48	64	96
		4 Prs.	200	72	80	120
		6 Inch Howitzers	24	12	8	24
Waggons for musq. cartridges			120	42	48	72
Large Waggons for the park			10	6	5	8
Total ammunition waggons			594	216	241	368
Smiths forges		Large	14	3	3	8
		Small	—	3	3	4
Total forges			14	6	6	12
Waggons for	Intrenching tools for	Artillery	27	10	12	16
		The army	20	10	12	16
Carriages for	New Iron		6	3	3	6
	Wood for spr. carri’gs		9	3	3	7
	Anchors, &c.  for pontoons		4	2	2	4
Total store carriages			66	28	32	49
Pontoons upon their carriages			36	18	18	36
Spare pontoon carriages			4	2	2	4
Total pontoon carriages			40	20	20	40
RECAPITULATION.
Ordnance——pieces			312	112	128	192
Carriages		Ammunition	594	216	241	368
		Ordnance carriages	141	124	145	210
		Store	66	28	32	49
		Pontoon	40	20	20	40
		Forges	14	6	6	12
General total of carriages			1055	394	144	679

This table contains, beside the proportion of ordnance with each army, also the quantity of ammunition with each piece of ordnance, and the number of rounds of musquet ammunition carried for the infantry; for each waggon in the French Service, having its particular allotment of ammunition and stores, it needs but to know the number of waggons of each description, to ascertain the quantity of ammunition and stores with an army. The following is the number of waggons usually attached to each piece of field ordnance in the French Service, and the quantity of ammunition carried with each.

Nature of Ordnance and Number of waggons attached to each.	Shot.		Total with each piece.
	Round.	Case.
12 Pr. on the carriage	9	—	213
3 Waggons—each containing	48	20
8 Pr. on the carriage	9	—	193
2 Waggons—each containing	62	30
4 Pr. on the carriage	18	—	168
One waggon—containing	100	50
6 Inch howitzer—on the carriage	—	4	160
3 Waggons—each containing	shell	3
	49

The French horse artillery waggon, called the wurst, carries 57 rounds for 8 pounders; or 30 for 6 inch howitzers.

The following is a proportion of ammunition for one piece of field artillery of each nature, by different powers in Europe.

Nature.	Austrians		Prussians		Danes.		Hanoverians.
	Case.	Round.	Case.	Round.	Case.	Round.	Case.	Round.
3 Pr.	40	184	20	90	58	177	50	150
6 ”	36	176	30	150	53	166	48	144
12 ”	44	94	20	130	44	128	50	150
Howitzer	16	90	20	60	25	76	30	120