INDEX. 
473 
Mackinnon, Col., C.B., report of relief of Fort 
Cox, 424 
Macomas Den, capture of, ib. 
Macready, Major, description of a charge of 
the Imperial Guard at Waterloo, 400 
Macdonald, Major, letter to Shrapnel, 416 
Madras, the siege of, 431 
-, defended by Royal Artillerymen, ib. 
- ■ , details of ammunition expended at, 437 
-, losses at, ib. 
Madsen, Mr, telegraphic method of measuring 
distances of ships from coast batteries, 38 
Maida, bayonets crossed for the first time, 404 
-, decided effects of British artillery at, 398 
-, losses at, 404 
-, Sir Sidney Smith on the services of ar¬ 
tillery at, 404 
Maine, campaign on the river, 368 
Maintenance and repair of French breast 
harness, minute on the, 289 
Maister Cornelliis, artillery attack of fortified 
camp of, 414 
-, French account of defence of, 414 
“ Maitres des canons,” 13 
Majendie, Capt. R.A., on Palliser’s (chilled) 
shot and shell, 231 
-, letter from Major Palliser to, 238 
-, on Boxer’s wood time fuze for M.L. 
ordnance (rifled and smooth bored), 426 
- Pettman’s general service percussion 
fuze, 292 
" " —, L. and S.S. percussion fuzes, 
74 
Makin, Mr, conical-ended shot, proposed by, 
235 
Malakoff, working party dispersed by shrapnel 
under the, 424 
Malamocco, work armed with “ grosse bom- 
barde, e conaltre bombarde,” 29 
Malplaquet, proportion of guns to men at 
battle of, 267 
“ Manicum,” 35 
Manoeuvre of Marlborough, 267 
Manoeuvring of artillery, earliest mention of, 
265 
Mantelets, results of experiments with shells 
against, 319 
Manufacture and dimensions of ancient 
cannon, 2 
-* of chilled ploughshares, 232 
-of “ grant canon de fer,” 8 
Manuscripts, Lawson’s, extracts from, 388 
Marcel, Stephen, causes adherents to remove 
cannon from the Louvre, 5 
March of precision, 57 
Marengo, Kellerman’s charge restores the 
battle of, 272 
Maritime fortifications of Copenhagen, regu¬ 
lations for the measurement of distances 
for, 41 
Marlborough, Duke of, artillery manoeuvre at 
battle of Blenheim, by, 267 
Marmont gives account of his wound at Sala¬ 
manca, 416 
- inspects a troop of horse artillery, im¬ 
mediately before the battle of Waterloo, 
272 
“ Marteaux de fer,” 10 
Martin’s cave, Gibraltar, 297, 300 
Massing artillery at Barossa, 410 
- - ■ at battle of Friedland, 272 
-— — at the passage of the Adorn*, 272 
-French guns at Vittoria, 272 
Master General of the Ordnance, Shrapnel’s 
remarks to, on the flight of grape and case 
shot, 389 
Materials and stores, list of, 18 
-f or ordnance, 214 
--— manufacture of shot, 20 
--storage and porterage of shot,t'5. 
-•- the service of the guns, ib. 
Materiel , artillery, improvement of, by Duke 
of Wellington, 271 
Maude, Col., F. C., disabling heavy guns at 
battle of Pandoo-nuddee with shrapnel, 
425 
May, Sir John, destructive effects of shrapnel 
shells at Busaco, described by, 412 
-, extract from letter to Shrapnel, 417 
-, on the effect of shrapnel case shot at 
siege of Badajos, 418 
May, Major, extract from letter on the 
“ changes in ordnance,” 417 
Measurement of distances, by means of the 
electric telegraph, 38 
“ Measures of precision,” 53 
Measuring the accuracy of guns, formulae for, 
53 
Mechanical arrangements of B.L. rifles, 240 
Mechanical works, Russian, 102 
Members of the Commission appointed by His 
Majesty the Emperor of Russia, to 
enquire into the provision of ordnance 
for fortresses and for naval service, 63 
Memoir of General Sir Edward Charles 
Whinyates, vii 
- of General Sir Wm. Cator, xiii 
Memoirs on the war of 1866, list of books and, 
384 
- of Sir John Sinclair, extract from, 402 
Memoires d’Artillerie, extracts from, 332 
Memorandum of Shrapnel experiments carried 
on at Gibraltar, 387 
---supplied by Carron 
Co. in 1803, 391 
- on a system of harnessing with the 
“bricole,” 283 
-on the effect of the position of the vent 
on initial velocity, 200 
“ Merchant and the Friar,” extract from, 22 
Mercier, Capt., shells with short fuzes recom¬ 
mended by, at siege of Gibraltar, 389 
Metal for ordnance, 214 
Method of construction of ordnance, 216 
■ measuring distances of ships from 
coast batteries by means of electric tele¬ 
graph, 39 
■ - obtaining the picture of a gun in the 
act of firing, as proposed by Mr M’Xinlay, 
pooof master, 113 
- shrinking on portions of guns, 217 
Mexico, extract from minutes of reports 
relative to the conservation of artillery 
harness in the campaign in, 290 
Michell, Major, vote of thanks passed to, on 
his leaving Pontefract, x 
“Miles” interview with Vizier of Egypt, 
404 
-on the effectiveness of shrapnel in 
Egypt, 404 
Military breech-loading rifles, and their 
ammunition, remarks on, 240 
Miller, Lt.-Col. R.A., 'F(£.,on the comparative 
advantages of breech-loading and muzzle ¬ 
loading systems for rifled field artillery, 
312 
