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
24 Prs.——At 1000 rounds per gun.
Mortars, howitzers, and stone mortars,
at 800 rounds per piece of ordnance.
DURTUBIE.
The following proportion of artillery and ammunition was demanded by
a very able officer, for the intended siege of Lisle, in 1794, which
place was thought susceptible of two attacks.
64—24 Prs. with carriages complete, at 50 _round
shot_ per gun, per day, for the whole siege;
half of them _en ricochet_, with 2lbs. of
powder; the other half with the full charge of 8lbs.
_Case_ and _Grape_ shot, at one round per
gun, per day, of each: 6lbs. per charge.
_Shells_ for guns, two rounds do.
_Flannel cartridges_, for the case, grape,
and shells.
_Tin_ tubes for the case and grape.
_Quill_ tubes for the round shot.
_Spare_, ⅒.
28—10 Inch mortars, on iron beds, at 50 shells each
per day, for the whole siege. 3lbs. of powder
charge—2lbs. 10 oz. for bursting.
_Pound shot_—100 to a charge; 50 rounds per
mortar each day for 10 mortars 7 days; 2 lbs. of
powder each.
_Hand grenades_—25 to a charge; the same as the pound shot.
_Carcasses, round_—1 per mortar, per day.
8— 8 Inch howitzers, on travelling carriages
30 _Shells_ for each per day, during the siege.
_Case shot_—5 rounds per day each.
_Carcasses_—1 per day each.
_Powder_—1 lb. per charge; 1 lb. 14 oz. for bursting.
20—5½ Inch mortars, on wooden beds.
50 _Shells_ for each, per day, for the whole
siege; charge 8 oz.—12 oz. for bursting.
_Flannel cartridges_, for ⅓ the number of rounds.
_Tin_ tubes in the same proportion.
_Portfires_, ½ the number of rounds with tubes.
_Fuzes_, ⅒ to spare.
_Match_, 50 cwt.
Spare carriages for 24 Prs. seven.
2 Devil carriages.
6 Sling carts.
6 Block carriages.
3 Forge carts.
3 Store waggons, with iron and coals.
3 Triangle gins, complete.
6 Laboratory tents.
2 Small petards.
4 Grates for heating shot.
_Of the Arrangement of Artillery at a Siege._
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