+--------------------------------+------------+---------- + |Nature of Ordnance and | Shot. |Total with | | Number of waggons +------+-----+each piece.| | attached to each. |Round.|Case.| | +--------------------------------+------+-----+-----------+ |12 Pr. on the carriage | 9 | — | | |3 Waggons—each containing | 48 | 20 | 213 | +--------------------------------+------+-----+-----------+ |8 Pr. on the carriage | 9 | — | | |2 Waggons—each containing | 62 | 30 | 193 | +--------------------------------+------+-----+-----------+ |4 Pr. on the carriage | 18 | — | | |One waggon—containing | 100 | 50 | 168 | +--------------------------------+------+-----+-----------+ |6 Inch howitzer—on the carriage | — | 4 | | |3 Waggons—each containing |shell | | 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 nature, by different powers in Europe. --------+------------+------------+------------+------------+ Nature. | Austrians | Prussians | Danes. |Hanoverians.| +-----+------+-----+------+-----+------+-----+------+ |Case.|Round.|Case.|Round.|Case.|Round.|Case.|Round.| --------+-----+------+-----+------+-----+------+-----+------+ 3 Pr. | 40 | 184 | 20 | 90 | 58 | 177 | 50 | 150 | 6 ” | 36 | 176 | 30 | 150 | 53 | 166 | 48 | 144 | 12 ” | 44 | 94 | 20 | 130 | 44 | 128 | 50 | 150 | Howitzer| 16 | 90 | 20 | 60 | 25 | 76 | 30 | 120 | --------+-----+------+-----+------+-----+------+-----+------+ _Of the Movements and Positions of Field Artillery._
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