| Kinds of Ammunition. | Weight of Boxes when filled with Ammunition. | No. of Rounds contained in each Box. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cwt. | qrs. | lbs. | No. | ||||||||||
| Boxes for shot fixed with powder. | - | 12 Prs. | - | Round | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||||
| Case. | 0 | 3 | 15 | 6 | |||||||||
| 6 Prs. | - | Round | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | |||||||
| Case. | 1 | 0 | 15 | 12 | |||||||||
| 3 Prs. | - | Round | 0 | 2 | 25 | 16 | |||||||
| Case. | 0 | 2 | 23 | 14 | |||||||||
| Box. for shot fixed to wood bottoms without powder. | - | 24 Prs. | - | Round | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | |||||
| Case. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 12 Prs. | - | Round | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | |||||||
| Case. | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | |||||||||
| 6 Prs. | - | Round | 1 | 2 | 20 | 24 | |||||||
| Case. | 1 | 1 | 12 | 18 | |||||||||
| 3 Prs. | - | Round | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Case. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| How’r Case. | - | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 5¹⁄₂ | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | |||||||||
| 4¹⁄₂ | 1 | 2 | 22 | 20 | |||||||||
| Boxes for Shells. | - | How’r Shells. | - | 8 | - | fixed. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 5¹⁄₂ | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | |||||||||
| 4¹⁄₂[7] | 1 | 2 | 22 | 20 | |||||||||
[7] Shells called four and an half, are really four and two-fifths.
The common ammunition waggon will hold from 9 to 13 of these boxes in one tier.
The tonnage of ammunition in boxes is equal to its weight: about 12 boxes make one ton.
BOYAU, in fortification, is a particular trench separated from the others, which, in winding about, incloses different spaces of ground, and runs parallel with the works of the place, that it may not be enfiladed. When two attacks are made at once, one near to the other, the boyau makes a communication between the trenches, and serves as a line of contravallation, not only to hinder the sallies of the besieged, but likewise to secure the miners.
BRACES, in a military sense, are a kind of armor for the arm: they were formerly a part of a coat of mail.
BRACKETS, in gunnery, are the cheeks of the travelling carriage of a mortar; they are made of strong wooden planks. This name is also given to that part of a large mortar-bed, where the trunnions are placed, for the elevation of the mortar: they are sometimes made of wood, and more frequently of iron, of almost a semicircular figure, well fastened with nails and strong plates.
BRANCH. See [Mine] and [Gallery].
BRAND, an ancient term for a sword; so called by the Saxons.
BRAQUER, Fr. is improperly used to express the movement of a cannon to any particular side. The correct expression is, to point the cannon, pointer le canon.