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A military dictionary : $b or, Explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops, infantry, artillery, and cavalry: the principles of fortification, and all the modern improvements in the science of tactics: comprising the pocket gunner, or little bombardier, the military regulations of the United States: the weights, measures, and monies of all nations: the technical terms and phrases of the art of war in the French language: particularly adapted to the use of the Duane, William

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A military dictionary : $b or, Explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops, infantry, artillery, and cavalry: the principles of fortification, and all the modern improvements in the science of tactics: comprising the pocket gunner, or little bombardier, the military regulations of the United States: the weights, measures, and monies of all nations: the technical terms and phrases of the art of war in the French language: particularly adapted to the use of the

Name: A military dictionary : $b or, Explanation of the several systems of discipline of different kinds of troops, infantry, artillery, and cavalry: the principles of fortification, and all the modern improvements in the science of tactics: comprising the pocket gunner, or little bombardier, the military regulations of the United States: the weights, measures, and monies of all nations: the technical terms and phrases of the art of war in the French language: particularly adapted to the use of the
Author: Duane, William

Duane, William

English language -- Terms and phrases; Military art and science -- Dictionaries

Car-  {New iron                 6        3        3        6
  riages{Wood for spr. car.       9        3        3        7
  for   {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
                             ------------------------------------

         {Ordnance carri’gs     341      124      145      210
  Car-   {Ammunition            594      216      241      368
  riages.{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  |    Shot.   |Total with
  Waggons attached to each.       |Round.|Case.|each piece.
  --------------------------------+------+-----+-----------
  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   }
  3 Waggons, each containing      |shell |      }00  160
                                  |  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.

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