In attacks made during the latter part of the Russo-Japanese war, both belligerents finally made use of thin successive skirmish lines for advancing; these lines followed each other at 200-300 m. and united again on reaching cover. 5. THE RESULTS OBTAINED BY ARTILLERY AGAINST VARIOUS TARGETS. _Germany._ According to computations made by Lieutenant-General Rohne,[118] the following hits may be expected from every time shrapnel, model ’96, when burst an average of 50 m. short of the targets named: =====+=========+=========+======+================= Range|Standing.|Kneeling.|Prone.| Intrenched m. | | | |Skirmishers.[119] -----+---------+---------+------+----------------- 500| 18.4 | 10.6 | 6.4 | 3.5 1000| 14.2 | 8.2 | 4.9 | 2.4 2000| 12. | 6.9 | 4.1 | 2.3 3000| 11. | 6.3 | 3.8 | 2.1 4000| 10. | 5.8 | 3.5 | 1.9 -----+---------+---------+------+----------------- [118] _Die Taktik der Feldartillerie_, p. 9 _et seq._ [119] One skirmish figure per meter. The number of hits per minute obtained by a battery firing 50 shots at 500 m., 30 at 1000 m., 20 at 2000 m., 10 at 3000 m., and 4 at 4000 m., is as follows: =====+=========+=========+======+================= Range|Standing.|Kneeling.|Prone.| Intrenched m. | | | |Skirmishers.[120] -----+---------+---------+------+----------------- 500| 364 | 210 | 126 | 70 1000| 202 | 117 | 70 | 39 2000| 109 | 63 | 38 | 21 3000| 46 | 27 | 16 | 9 4000| 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 -----+---------+---------+------+----------------- [120] One skirmish figure per meter.