The Details of the Rocket SystemCongreve, William, Sir
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The Details of the Rocket System
Congreve, William, Sir
Rockets (Ordnance)
Officers 5
Non-commissioned Officers 15
Troopers 90
Drivers 60
Artificers 8
Cars, heavy 3
Cars, light 3
Curricle ammunition carts, or tumbrils 6
Bouches a feù 42
Ammunition, heavy shell 260
Ammunition, light shell, or case shot 1200
Making a total of
Ammunition of all sorts 1460 rounds.
Battery of 42 bouches a feù.
Cars, tumbrils, and forge cart 13
Officers, staff artificers, troopers, and drivers 172
Troop, ammunition, and draft horses 164
The number of sections in a sub-division may vary according to the
actual effective strength of the troop at any time; so that the
distribution may be accommodated to the numbers, without departing from
this principle of constitution. The number of men and horses above
stated is precisely the same as that of a troop of horse artillery.
The reserve of ammunition is supposed to proceed with the park.
THE EQUIPMENT OF ROCKET CAVALRY.
Plate 1st represents the mode of equipment for carrying Rockets on
horseback, as it was arranged during the course of experiments, which
were carried on, under my direction, at Bagshot, in 1811; as it was
subsequently carried into actual service, under Captain BOGUE, with the
Allied armies in Germany, in the ever memorable campaign of 1813; and
as it is at present proposed to equip the new corps of Rocket Horse
Artillery, established on the 1st of January, 1814, by Earl MULGRAVE,
Master General of the Ordnance, and composed of two troops, under the
command of Lieutenant Colonel FISHER, of the Royal Artillery.
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