War Ration.
| Bread | 26.5 | ounces. | |||
| Or biscuit | 17. | „ | |||
| One of these. | - | Fresh beef | 13. | „ | |
| Salt beef | 9. | „ | |||
| Bacon | 5.75 | „ | |||
| Rice | 4.4 | „ | |||
| One of these. | - | Groats | 4.4 | „ | |
| Beans | 8.8 | „ | |||
| Flour | 8.8 | „ | |||
| Potatoes | 50. | „ | |||
| Salt | 8.7 | „ | |||
| Coffee, pure | .7 | ounce. | |||
| Coffee, roasted | 1. | „ | |||
| 40.2 ounces anhydrous food. | |||||
RUSSIA.
| 169 Fast Days. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 196 Meat Days with schtschi and gruel. | 117 days schtschi and gruel. | 52 days peas and gruel. | ||||
| Meat | 7. | oz. | ||||
| Bread | 42. | oz. | 42. | oz. | 42. | oz. |
| Sour-krout | 14.5 | fl. oz. | 14.5 | fl. oz. | ||
| Chervil | 1.1 | oz. | ||||
| Peas | 2.33 | oz. | ||||
| Buckwheat | 1.87 | fl. oz. | 1.87 | fl. oz. | 1.87 | fl. oz. |
| Oats | .5 | fl. oz. | .7 | fl. oz. | .28 | fl. oz. |
| Flour | .7 | fl. oz. | .7 | fl. oz. | ||
| Onions | .2 | fl. oz. | .3 | fl. oz. | .5 | fl. oz. |
| Vegetable oil | .25 | fl. oz. | ||||
| Butter | .6 | oz. | ||||
| Lard | .5 | oz. | .5 | oz. | ||
| Salt | 1.86 | oz. | 1.86 | oz. | 1.86 | oz. |
| Pepper | .07 | oz. | .07 | oz. | .07 | oz. |
| Bay leaves | .07 | oz. | .07 | oz. | .07 | oz. |
| Water | 70. | fl. oz. | 70. | fl. oz. | 70. | fl. oz. |
| (Buckwheat cooked into gruel.) | ||||||
Sepoy Ration.
| Flour | 16. | ounces. |
| Rice | 16. | „ |
| Butter or vegetable oil | 2. | „ |
| Peas | 4.25 | „ |
| Salt | 1.33 | ounce. |
| 34.9 ounces of anhydrous food. | ||
Ratisbon, or Regensburg. A town of Bavaria, on the right bank of the Danube, 67 miles north-northeast of Munich. In 1524 the Roman Catholic powers of Germany assembled here, and formed a league against the Protestants; and near it, in 1809, Napoleon I. was wounded in a battle in which he forced the Austrians to retreat.
Raucoux (Belgium). Here Marshal Saxe and the French army totally defeated the allies, October 11, 1746.
Ravage. Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; ruin; as, the ravages of an army. Also, to lay waste by force; to desolate violently; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to plunder.
Ravelin. In fortification, is the work constructed beyond the main ditch, opposite the curtain, composed of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two demi-gorges, formed by the counterscarp. It is separated from the covered way by a ditch which runs into the main ditch. See [Demi-lune].