474 
INDEX. 
Miller, Lieut.-Col. R.A.,D££., a lecture on the 
campaigns of 1866 in Germany, 355 
Minden, five brigades of Royal Artillery at 
battle of, 269 
Minimum charges for S.B. cast-iron American 
ordnance, weights of, 227 
Minute of the Emperor Napoleon on the 
advantages of the bricole, 290 
— ... — of Erench general commanding the 
artillery of the guard, on the facility of 
draught with the bricole, 287 
-., on a report relative to artillery harness 
in Mexico, 290 
- - , on the maintenance and repair of the 
bricole, 289 
——, on wear and tear to horses in draught 
with the bricole, 288 
Miscellaneous stores, mountain train, 453 
Mitchel, Mr, construction of Russian iron 
clad battery “ Ne tron mene,” by, 100 
“ Mitraille,” 9 
M’Kinlay, Mr, method of obtaining the 
picture of a gun in the act of firing, as 
proposed by, 113 
Mobility of artillery, germ of, 268 
“ Moldes called formes to make bullets,” 
21 
Molwitz, conduct of Frederick the Great’s 
cavalry at battle of, 268 
Monitors, Russian, 101 
- armament of, 102 
Monster guns required for destruction of 
floating batteries, 229 
Monteith, Brigadier, letter to Capt. Ponsonby, 
on the execution of shrapnel shells, 
423 
Montferrat, Bernart de, superintends arrange¬ 
ments for manufacture of “ grant canon 
de fer,” 8 
Montmorot, large cannon for throwing stones, 
at, 13 
Montsac, besieged, 18 
Monstrelet, note by, 15 
Montauban, stones used as projectiles for 
defence of, 7 
Mooltan, repulse of the Sepoys at, 425 
Mortar shell, effect of small, 389 
Mortars, detail of shells fired at siege of 
Madras from, 437 
Mottled iron, analysis of, 234 
Mountain service, Woolwich 7-pr. M.L. gun 
for, 210 
Mountain train for service in Abyssinia, 
452 
-, adaption to draught of, 455 
Mount’s Bay, experiments at, with spherical 
case shot, 417 
Mouveaux, disaster of battle at, communicated 
to the army from head quarters, 270 
Mules, loads for, 452, 453 
Murat’s stratagem at bridge of Florisdorff, 
276 
Murchison, Sir Roderick, extracts from letter 
of, on the effects of shrapnel shells at 
Vimiera, 408 
“Muschitse,” 33 
Musket substituted for carbine balls for 
spherical case, 416 
Muskets, detail of cartridges expended at 
siege of Madras by, 437 
Muzzle-loading guns, different methods of 
closing breech, 218 
——-, ease of working tested, 321 
Muzzle-loading guns, extent of recoil with, 322 
--, injuries reported, after testing 
endurance of, 323 
• -, tested for boat service, ib. 
— -with increased charges, 
bursting of, 324 
- , } testing the endurance of, 323 
--, trying the rate of firing of, 321 
• -systems for rifled artillery, 
comparative advantages of, 312 
Muzzle-pivoting gun carriage, description of, 
256 
Muzzle-pivoting guns, plan of, 250 
--, results of experiments with, 259 
■-, trials of, 254 
Muzzle sight, hog-backed leaf, for mountain 
gun, 454 
N. 
Najar a, bombards used by Black Prince at, 
18 
Napier, Gen. Wm., retreat from Salamanca, 
described by, 412 
Napier, Capt., R.A., artillery attack by, on 
fortified camp “ Maister Cornelliis,” 414 
Napier, loss at Albuera, extract from annals 
of, 411 
Napoleon, Emperor, extract from, “Etudes,” 
of inventory taken at Bologna in 1381, 
relating to the use of early cannon, 30 
• -, extracts from accounts published 
by, relating to the manufacture and 
dimensions of ancient cannon, 2 
• -, minute on services of the bricole, 
290 
Napoleon’s farewell address to Janssens, 413 
-, massing of guns by, 272 
Navez’s electro-ballistic apparatus, report of 
experiments with, 195 
Needle gun, Prussian, disparaged by Benedek, 
444 
■-, mechanical arrangement of, 245 
• -, section of cartridge for, ib. 
“Ne tron mene,” cost and dimensions of, 100 
Neva Foundry, construction of Russian iron¬ 
clad battery “ Kreml,” at, 101 
New admiralty, Russian, construction of 
“ Tifon” and “ Uragan” at, 102 
Newcastle, Duke of, letters to Lord Raglan, 
from, xix 
Nicolls, Major, R.M., effects of shrapnel 
against gun boats, described by, 412 
Nivelle, artillery operations on the, 399 
Noble, Capt., two guns of horse artillery under 
command of, advance to Java, 414 
Noble, Capt., W. H., M.A., R.A., report of 
experiments with Navez’s electro-ballistic 
apparatus, to determine effects of elonga¬ 
ting the cartridge, and of the position of 
the vent, 195 
Nolan, Lieut., R.A., on the intrenched camp at 
Florisdorff, 276 
Non-commissioned officers, loss of, at Maida* 
404 
- Yittoria, 417 
- Waterloo. 400 
Normal targets, 48 
Nott, Gen., opinion of the value of shrapnel 
shells, 422 
Novitzky, Lieut.-Col. de, the Russian iron¬ 
clad fleet, from, 99 
