INDEX. 
475 
o. 
Object of increasing spiral for the Woolwich 
guns, 209 
Ocana, massing of guns at, 272 
Odruik, cannon of large size used at siege of, 
-, defence of William de Weston for sur¬ 
rendering the castle of, ib. 
Officers, loss of, at Maida, 404 
-siege of Madras, 437 
-Vittoria, 417 
-Waterloo, 400 
-of the general staff, rules for general 
guidance of, 449 
-, rules for general guidance of, 448 
Official list of Austrian losses at Skalitz, 384 
-report of operations at Cape of Good 
Hope, extracts from, 401 
On the march, Benedek’s rules of conduct, 
450 
“One pace and a half,” French army at 
Rosebecque made to recoil, 15 
Operations, preliminary, of the campaigns of 
1866 in Germany, 356 
Opinion of Ordnance Select Committee on the 
resistance of the “ Hercules ” target, 111 
Order from Russia for Blakely guns, 62 
-issued from Horse Guards, on Lieut.- 
General Whinyates’ resignation of the 
command at Woolwich, xi 
“ Order of the Danebrog,” conferred on 
Mr Madsen by King of Denmark, 38 
Orderlies, rules for general guidance of, 448 
Ordnance, Board of, accounts of Shrapnel 
queried by, 327 
— - . ., extracts from private official 
correspondence of Col. Robe to, 407 
---, letter on Shrapnel’s inven¬ 
tion to, 391 
Ordnance, American heavy rifled, nature and 
weights of, 225 
- -— ■—, projectiles and charges for, ib. 
- and stores in Tower, in time of Edw. III., 
list of, 18 
-■, Armstrong’s method of construction of, 
217 
-, Boxer’s wood time fuze for muzzle¬ 
loading, 426-429 
--, British M.L. built-up, nature and 
weights of, 227 
—— -, rifled siege or garrison, nature 
and weights of, 225 
-, projectiles and charges for, ib. 
-, comparison of British rifled siege and 
garrison with foreign, ib. 
• -, experiments made by the late Capt. 
Lyons, relative to the position of the vent, 
in, 202 
- for fortresses and for naval service, 
report of the commission appointed by 
His Majesty the Emperor of Russia to 
enquire into the provision of, 63 
-, French rifled siege or garrison, nature 
and weights of, 225 
-, letter on the changes in, 417 
-, loss of initial velocity by decrease in the 
size of the bore of, 220 
-, materials for, 214 
• -, methods of construction, 216 
-, Prussian, rifled siege or garrison, nature 
and weights of, 225 
--, relative cost of, 219 
Ordnance, Spanish, rifled siege or garrison, 
nature and weights of, 225 
——, systems of rifling, 220 
-, wood time fuze for M.L., 426 
--, 5 seconds, M.L.R., 456 
--*, 9 seconds fuze for M.L., 426 
--, 10 seconds, M.L.R., 456 
--, 15 seconds, 457 
-, 20 seconds, 429 
Ordnance Select Committee, memorandum to 
ascertain the effect of the position of the 
vent on initial veloeity, submitted to the, 
200 
-■, remarks on the completion of trial 
against “ Hercules ” target, 111 
-, report of an experiment at Shoebury- 
ness, to test the powers of resistance of 
the “ Hercules ” target, &c., 107 
- , report of Snider converted rifle with 
Boxer ammunition compared with the 
service Enfield M.L., 264 
-, trial of muzzle-pivoting gun, account 
of, 254 
Orme, details supplied by, of the siege of 
Madras, 437 
Otago saddle, cradle for, 460 
-, suitable for riding, 455 
•-, weight of, 453 
“ Over chill,” characteristics of, 233 • 
Owen, Major, R.A., on the present state of the 
Artillery question, 212 
Owen, Sidney, M.A., on the siege of Madras, 
431 
P. 
Packing of Boxer ammunition for Snider con¬ 
verted rifle, 263 
—— of stores and ammunition for moun¬ 
tain train, details of, 452, 453 
Padua, bombards used against a fort of, 27 
Palgrave, Sir F., on “ Greek ” and “ Flying 
fire,” extract from, 22 
Palliser’s bolts, sections of “ Hercules ” target, 
showing, 107, 111 
-(chilled) shot and shell, 231 
-origin of, 232 
“ Palum,” 36 
Pandoo-nuddee, battle of, 425 
Passage of the Adour, 272 
-Douro, 409 
-- Lys, 13 
“Patellae” of iron, 21 
Patent for chill casting, Grusen’s, 239 
Peel, General, letter to General Cator, xxi 
Peculiar features of Boxer’s ammunition for 
Snider converted rifle, 261 
Pellet for percussion fuze, description of a 
modified, 194 
- powder, the velocity of solid spherical 
shot, fired from the 68-pr. block with, 
206 
Pemberton, Capt., deputed to Poonakh,to settle 
outrages, 116 
Pendulum, Navez’ electro-ballistic, invention 
of, 165 
-, rejected by the Americans, ib. 
Penetration of armour plates, “Hercules” tar¬ 
get, remarks on, 111 
- - -, table of effects of shot and shell 
in the, 108-110 
-- by steel elongated projectiles, 228 
- considerations on the law of* 190 
