INDEX. 
463 
Batteries, silenced by Boss’ troop of horso 
artillery, 399 
-, Bussian floating, 100 
Battle of Blumenau, 366 
- Goojerat, 423 
-Koniggratz, 360 
-Tezeen, 423 
Batty, Col. Gren. Guards, action on the 
Nivelle, described by, 399 
Bayonet, the Prussian mode of attack with 
the, 441 
Bayonets crossed for the first time, 403 
Bayonne, letter from a correspondent of the 
“ Times,” on the siege of, 420 
-, list of ammunition for siege of, ib. 
-, battering train for siege of, ib, 
“ Bee,” 15 
“ Beffroy,” 16 
Belfry, bombards fired from top of, 28 
Belmas, extracts from letter on the siege of 
St Sebastian, 418 
Benedek’s address to the army in the cam¬ 
paign of 1866 in Germany, 376 
-general rules for the commencement of an 
engagement, 446 
— opinion of the Prussian artillery, 442 
-rules for conduct of escort for guns, 449 
•— —- — for general guidance, 447 
-of conduct when in action, 450 
- - — when on the march, 450 
- tactical and general instructions for the 
I.B. northern army, 440 
Bentool, 132 
Beresford’s tactics at Albuera, 411 
Bessemer process in Bussia, 62 
Bhootan campaign of 1864-65, journal during 
the, 116 
-, plan of attack on, 121 
-, three artillery officers killed by explosion 
of powder barrel in, 131 
-, works of the Bala Pass, at, 153 
Bhootea, armament and description of, 119 
Bidassoa, passage of the, 420 
Bijnee, description of, 124 
Birch’s MSS., extracts from, 396 
Bishop of Winchester’s coach horses drag the 
great guns to the battle of Sedgemoor, 
267 
Blakely’s gun, experiments in Bussia with, 69 
-guns, order from Bussia for, 62 
-— -, method of shrinking portions of, 
217 
“ Blanchet,” 283 
Blenheim, proportion of guns to men, at 
battle of, 267 
Bloxam, Mr, analyses of irons, 234 
Blumenau, battle of, 366 
Boag, Col. B.A., letter to Major Shrapnel, 
from, 390 
Board of Ordnance, accounts of Shrapnel 
queried by, 397 
-■, letter from Shrapnel to, 412 
-, private official correspondence of Col. 
Bobe, on the effects of spherical case 
shot, to, 407 
-•, second letter from committee on experi¬ 
ments at Woolwich, by Major Shrapnel 
to, 393 
Boat service, B.L. and M.L. guns tested for, 
323 
“ Body,” Pettman fuze, description of, 76 
Bohemia, invasion of, 357 
— . ■, Prussian strategy in, 374 
[yol. V.] 
Bolts (Palliser’s), for “ Hercules ” target, 107, 
111 
Bombard, graphic description of great, 15 
-, Matteo Griffone relates that a youth 
was killed in 1360 by, 26 
-- of Ghent, 12 
“ Bombarde,” cost in 1381, of, 13 
-weighing 2000 lbs., related from 
chronicles of Pisa, 27 
“ Bombardelle,” 33 
“ Bombardes portatives,” 13 
Bombards, description of form in “ Chronicon 
Tarvisinum,” 32 
——, effects of, at siege of Castle of Pietra 
Buona, 27 
——- employed at siege of Vercelli by 
Galeazzo Visconti, 28 
- fired from top of a steeple or belfry, ib. 
- greatly employed in war of Chioggia, 29 
■ -, item in inventory of stores for the service 
of, 30 
■ — one hundred and forty-four on one 
carriage, 33 
- used by Black Prince at Najara, 18 
-, Venetians retake Loredo and Torre 
Nuova with, 29 
Bone breccia, Gibraltar, 295 
Borodino, massing of guns at battle of, 272 
“Bottom plug,” Pettman fuze, description 
of, 76 
“ Boulet creux,” 416 
Bowtee, 128 
Boxer ammunition for Snider converted rifle, 
261 
-, packing of, 263 
-, summary of peculiar features of,264 
-cartridge for use with the Snider B.L. 
converted rifles, 243 
■ ■ , description of, 244 
-, number of parts of, 246 
-9 seconds fuze for M.L. ordnance, de¬ 
scription of, 427 
«—— 20 seconds, ib. 429 
- wood time fuze, for M.L. ordnance, 426 
Brackenbury, Lieut., B.A., on ancient cannon 
in Europe from a.d. 1351 to A.d. 1400,1 
Brass moulds, bullets cast in, 20 
Brass or bronze projectiles, early mention of, 
by Petrarch, 25 
Breast harness (French), opinion of the 
Colonel Director on, 289 
Breccias, Gibraltar rock, 296 
Breech-loader, ancient, 22 
Breech-loading and muzzle-loading systems of 
rifled artillery, comparative advantages of, 
312 
- , advantages claimed for, 327, 329 
■——, disadvantages alleged against, 328, 330 
-, ease of working tested, 321 
——, endurance of, 323 
———, experiment on taking out of a muddy 
ditch with, 324 
-, extent of recoil with, 322 
-for boat service, 323 
——, reported injured after testing endurance 
of, ib. 
-, results of actual experiments with, 326 
■ — , trying the rate of firing, of, 321 
-, with increased charges, 324 
Breech-loading rifled guns, trial of, in Bussia, 
with Krupp’s arrangement, against ar¬ 
mour plates, 69 
■ -. ■ , testing accuracy of fire of, 70 
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