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' GEEMAN-ITALIAN WAR. 



FIG. 1. 



FIG. 2. 





thus arranged in front of 

 the charge of gunpowder 

 The sabot, bullet, and 

 charge, are all enveloped 

 in a paper case. The ut- 

 most range of the pro- 

 jectile is 700 yards, and 

 for accuracy of shooting 

 the gun cannot be depend- 

 ed upon over 300 yards. 



The Austrian army, at 

 the beginning of the year 

 1866, consisted of the' fol- 

 lowing divisions : inf cm- 

 try 80 regiments of the line, 1 regiment of 

 imperial chasseurs, 32 battalions of field chas- 

 seurs, 14 regiments of border infantry; cav- 

 alry 12 regiments of cuirassiers, 2 regiments 

 of dragoons, 14 regiments of hussars, 13 regi- 

 ments of ulans ; artillery 12 regiments of 

 artillery, 1 regiment of coast artillery; tech- 

 nical troopg 2 regiments of engineers, 6 bat- 

 talions of pioneers ; troops of administration 

 10 companies of the sanitary department, etc. ; 

 troops for piiblio security ; troops for the de- 

 fence of the Tyrol. A regiment of the line 

 consists of 4 field battalions and 1 "depot 

 cadre." The fourth battalion is, in times of 

 peace, used as reserve battalion, and, in 

 times of war, for garrison service. A bat- 

 talion, on the war footing, numbers about 

 1 ,018 combatants, in 6 companies. The whole 

 infantry force, in time of war, consisted of 

 240 battalions (of 3 each of the 80th regi- 

 ments of the line), 88 battalions of chasseurs, 

 29 battalions of border infantry, together 307 

 battalions, with 310,000 combatants. The 80 

 fourth battalions of the infantry of the ]5ne, 

 and 11 border battalions, together with 100,000 

 men, were used as garrison. The cavalry 

 numbers about 30,000, and the artillery sup- 

 plies about 1,000 pieces of ordnance. An 

 Austrian army corps usually consists of 4 in- 

 fantry brigades, 1 brigade of light cavalry, 

 1 reserve corps of artillery, 2 companies of 

 engineers, and .2 companies of pioneers, with 

 the necessary troops of administration. Aus- 

 tria levies about 80,000 men annually ; tho 

 obligation for military service lasts 10 years, 

 the last 2 of which belong to the reserve ser- 

 vice. The mobilization of tho Austrian army 

 was greatly retarded by the circumstance 

 that the reserve (fourth) battalion of each 

 regiment was not located in the same district 

 with the field battalions. 



The Italian army, according to the organ- 

 ization of 1865. had 8 regiments of grena- 

 diers of the line, 72 regiments of infantry 

 of the line, and five regiments of " bersaglieri " 

 (rifles). A regiment of grenadiers, or of infantry 

 of the line, has 4 battalions ; each battalion 4 

 companies ; a company, 4 oflicers and 149 men. 

 Together, the 80 regiments of grenadiers and 

 infantry of the line had 202,720 combatants, 

 A regiment of " bersaglieri " has 8 battalions, 

 and numbers, inclusive of officers, 5,024 men. 



