The bombardier, and pocket gunnerAdye, Ralph Willett
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The bombardier, and pocket gunner
Adye, Ralph Willett
Artillery -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Artillery drill and tactics
| Carri-| carri’gs | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| ages +---------------------+-------+-------+--------+------+
| 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 carriages | 40 | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| +-------+-------+--------+------+
| _RECAPITULATION._ | | | | |
| | | | | |
|Ordnance——pieces | 312 | 112 | 128 | 192 |
+-------+---------------------+-------+-------+--------+------+
| | Ordnance carriages | 341 | 124 | 145 | 210 |
|Carri- | Ammunition | 594 | 216 | 241 | 368 |
| ages | Store | 66 | 28 | 32 | 49 |
| | Pontoon | 40 | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| | Forges | 14 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
+-------+---------------------+-------+-------+--------+------+
| General total of carriages | 1055 | 394 | 144 | 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.
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