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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
French field gun; for the general dimensions of the gun, the sighting 
arrangement,* and a section (full size) of the groove see Figs. 12 and 13. 
Fig. 13. 
With a charge of 6 oz., and with an elevation of 16°, a range of 1000 
yards was obtained with a common shell (7 lbs. 7 oz.), and with a charge 
of 3 oz. and an elevation of 34°, a range of 1150 yards was obtained 
with double shell (12 lbs.) 
The Abyssinian gun-carriage was of steel, and admitted of an elevation 
of 34° by the removal of the elevating screw. 
The projectiles sent to Abyssinia consisted of common shell, double 
shell, Boxer's shrapnel, and case shot, and a supply of 6-pr. Hale's rockets 
accompanied each of the batteries. 
The mountain batteries in Abyssinia. 
The Abyssinian batteries arrived at Zoulla on the Red Sea, early in 
December, 1867, in charge of Lieutenants Nolan and Chapman, and having 
been conveyed without damage, through 400 miles of a very mountainous 
country, they did good service at Magdala on the 10th and 13th of 
April last. 
* In consequence of some of the sights having been broken off in Abyssinia, new patterns have 
been approved, and they will be attached to the gun centrally in place of at one side. 
