| Kinds. | No. of Rounds. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Prs. Medium, | 66 | |
| 6 | Prs. Heavy, | 120 | |
| 6 | Prs. Light, | 138 | |
| 5 | ¹⁄₂ | Howitzer, | 60 |
The horse artillery having waggons of a particular description, carry their ammunition as follows:
| KINDS. | Shot. | Shells. | Car- casses. | Total No. with each Piece. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round. | Case. | ||||||
| 12 Prs. light, on the limber. | 12 | 4 | 4 | 00 | - | 92 | |
| Do. —— in one waggon. | 52 | 10 | 10 | 00 | |||
| 6 Prs. light, on the limber. | 32 | 8 | 00 | 00 | - | 150 | |
| Do. —— in one waggon. | 97 | 13 | 00 | 00 | |||
| 5¹⁄₂ In. How’r on the limber. | — | 5 | 13 | 00 | - | 73 | |
| Do. —— in one waggon. | — | 10 | 41 | 4 | |||
| 3 Prs. heavy, curricle. | 6 | 6 | 00 | 00 | - | 136 | |
| Do. —— ammunition cart. | 100 | 24 | 00 | 00 | |||
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 In. How. | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| Total pieces of ord. | 312 | 112 | 128 | 192 | ||||||
| Carriage for ord. including sp. ones | - | 12 Prs. | 36 | 14 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 8 Prs. | 81 | 27 | 36 | 54 | ||||||
| 4 Prs. | 215 | 78 | 90 | 129 | ||||||
| 6 In. Howtz. | 9 | 5 | 5 | 9 | ||||||
| Total ord. 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 In. How. | 24 | 12 | 8 | 24 | ||||||
| Wags. for musq. cart. | 120 | 42 | 48 | 72 | ||||||
| Large wags. for park | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
| Total am. waggons | 594 | 216 | 241 | 368 | ||||||
| Smiths forges. | - | Large | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| Small | —— | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Total forges | 14 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||||||
| Waggons for | - | Intrench. tools for | - | Artillery | 27 | 10 | 12 | 16 | ||
| The army | 20 | 10 | 12 | 16 | ||||||
| Carriages for | - | New iron | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Wood for spr. car. | 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 carri’gs | 40 | 20 | 20 | 40 | ||||||
| RECAPITULATION. | ||||||||||
| Ordnance——pieces | 312 | 112 | 128 | 192 | ||||||
| Carriages. | - | Ordnance carri’gs | 341 | 124 | 145 | 210 | ||||
| Ammunition | 594 | 216 | 241 | 368 | ||||||
| Store | 66 | 28 | 32 | 49 | ||||||
| Pontoon | 40 | 20 | 20 | 40 | ||||||
| Forges | 14 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||||||
| Genl. total of carri’gs | 1055 | 394 | 444 | 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.
| Kind of Ordnance and Number of Waggons attached to each. | Shot. | Total with each piece. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round. | Case. | |||||
| 12 Pr. on the carriage | 9 | 00 | - | 00 | 213 | |
| 3 Waggons, each containing | 48 | 20 | ||||
| 8 Pr. on the carriage | 9 | 00 | - | 00 | 193 | |
| 2 Waggons, each containing | 62 | 30 | ||||
| 4 Pr. on the carriage | 18 | 00 | - | 00 | 168 | |
| One waggon, containing | 100 | 50 | ||||
| 6 Inch Howitzer, on the carriage | 00 | 4 | - | 00 | 160 | |
| 3 Waggons, each containing | shell 49 | 3 | ||||
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 kind, by different powers in Europe.
| KINDS. | Austrians. | Prussians. | Danes. | Hanoverians. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case. | Round. | Case. | Round. | Case. | Round. | Case. | Round. | |
| 3 Pr. | 40 | 184 | 20 | 90 | 58 | 177 | 50 | 150 |
| 6 Pr. | 36 | 176 | 30 | 150 | 53 | 166 | 48 | 144 |
| 12 Pr. | 44 | 94 | 20 | 130 | 44 | 128 | 50 | 150 |
| Howitzer | 16 | 90 | 20 | 60 | 25 | 76 | 30 | 120 |