INDEX. 
469 
Fuzes, catgut, 417 
-, time, uncertainty of precision of fire 
with, 311 
-, white, 411 
a. 
Galeotto besieges Cesena, 28 
Galerny Island, construction of Eussian boats 
“ ledinorog ” and “ Strelec ” at, 102 
Galloper guns, 269 
Gardiner, late Gen. Sir Eobert, on the great 
execution of shrapnel at Barossa, 410 
——, on the effect of shrapnel at siege of 
Badajos, 418 
Gardner, Maj.-Gen. E.A., on the shrapnel of 
the past, 385 
Garrison ordnance, comparison of British and 
Foreign, 225 
“ Garros,” or cannon arrows, 4 
Gataro, Andrea, on Venetians using bombards, 
27 
General rules for the commencement of an 
engagement, Benedek’s, 446 
General service percussion fuze, Pettman’s, 
292 
-, action of, 294 
Genista Cave, Gibraltar, fossil remains of, 300 
--, human remains found in, 299 
Genoese, defeated by Venetians, 30 
-, works constructed by, armed with bom¬ 
bards, 29 
Geology of Gibraltar, 295 
Germany, a lecture on the campaigns of 1866 
in, 355 
——, Benedek’s address to his army in, 375 
--, chronology of the principal events of 
the war in, 379 
-, composition of army corps in, ib. 
■-, disparity of number of prisoners ex¬ 
changed in, 373 
— — ■•, per centage of Austrian army in, 373 
-—-, preliminary operations of the war in, 356 
——■, review of the war in, 370 
——situation of the Austrians, at the close 
of the war in, 367 
Ghent, bombard of, 12 
-, encountering chivalry of France, by 
militia of, 16 
——, making war on town of Bruges by men 
of, 14 
Gibraltar, effect of large mortar shell at siege 
of, 389 
—, experiments at, carried on in 1787, 
387 
French account of the attack of, 389 
- - , geology, &c. of, 295 
--, heights and distances of different stages 
of St Michael’s Cave at, 304 
——, memorandum by Shrapnel of experi¬ 
ment carried on at, 387 
——, sinking of, 301 
—, St Michael’s Cave at, ib. 
-, strata of, 295 
Gigantic cannon, account of, 12 
Gillespie, Col., extract from dispatch of, 414 
Giustiniano, Taddeoj&perveyor of stores to the 
Venetians, 27 
Glimpse of retreat to Corunna, 409 
Goodenough, Major, translation of a memo¬ 
randum by the Committee of Artillery, on 
a system of harnessing with the “ bricole ” 
(breast strap), &c., 283 
Goodenough, Major, translation of tactical 
and general instructions for the I.E. 
northern army, issued in May 1866, by the 
Feldzeugmeister Chevalier von Benedek, 
440 
“ Gonne,” couplet from Chaucer’s “ House of 
Fame,” relating to, 25 
Goojerat, battle of, 423 
-, list of British guns at battle of, 397 
Gould, Major, letter from Shrapnel to, 417 
Graham, General, extract from Barossa dis¬ 
patch of, 410 
“ Grant canon de fer,” manufacture of, 8 
Grape shot, results of experiment with, in 
1792, at Chatham, 390 
-, Shrapnel’s remarks on flight of, 389 
Great saving of expense with chilled projectiles 
over steel, 237 
Greater uniformity of hardness and structure 
of chilled projectiles than of steel, ib. 
Grenades, hand, details of, at siege of Madras, 
437 
Greek fire, receipt for making, 22 
——, cannon used for propelling, 16 
Greenwood, Lieut. 31st Eegt., on the destruc¬ 
tiveness of shrapnel shells in the Kyber 
Pass, 423 
Grey iron, -analysis of, 234 
Gribeauval, improvements in artillery made 
by, 269 
Griffin, Capt. E.A., killed by explosion of 
powder barrel, 131 
Griffone, Matteo, relates that a youth was 
killed at Casalecchio in 1360, by bombard, 
26 
Grooves and rifling for B.L. rifles, remarks on, 
247 
-, dimensions of, for mountain train gun, 
454 
Grusen, Mr, patent for chill-casting, 239 
Gun boats, shrapnel shells effective against, 
412 
Gun carriage, muzzle-pivoting, description of, 
256 
Gun carriages, variations in the weight of, at 
different periods, 273 
Gun metal, comparison of price of, in 1375 
and 1865, 10 
“ Gunner’s Glasse,” variations in the charges of 
powder used at different periods, taken 
from, 274 
“ Gunner’s Guide,” advantages derived from 
firing case shot, published by Shrapnel in 
the, 394 
Gunnery, department in the Tower, in time 
of Edw. III., 18 
Gunpowder, ancient, manufacture of, 12, 19, 
20, 22 
--, comparison of price in 1375 and 1865,10 
--, details of, at siege of Madras, 437 
-- pounded by hand, account from archives 
of Lille, 12 
——, the early use of, in England, 17 
Gun disabled at Aldershot on field day, 331 
■ -, method of obtaining the picture of a, 
in the act of firing, 113 
*—«—, Prussian needle, disparaged by Benedek, 
444 
-—-, section of cartridge for, 245 
■ ---, superior fire of, 307 
Guns, accuracy of B.L. and M.L., 317 
-——, advantages claimed for breech-loading, 
327 \ review of, 329 • 
