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INDEX. 
Telegraph (electric) method of measuring dis¬ 
tances of ships from coast batteries by, 
38 
Telegraphs, arrangements of, for the invasion 
of Bohemia, 357 
Tenremonde, description of assault at, 14 
Tensile strength of cast steel, 215 
Test target, convenient form for, 55 
Testing guns for accuracy of fire, 45 
Tests of the durability of B.L. and M.L. field 
guns and their ammunition, 314-325 
Tezeen, battle of, 423 
Thames Iron Works, “ Perveniec ” built at, 
100 
“ The Old Man’s Garden,” Gibraltar, 296 
Thiery, extract from, on the effect of shrapnel 
produced on a field of battle, 422 
“Tifon,” constructed at Russian New Ad¬ 
miralty, 102 
Tilly’s disposition of guns at battle of Leipsic, 
266 
Time fuze, Boxer’s, 426, 457 
- for Whitworth gun, testing of, 321 
Tordesillas, passage of the, 411 
Torre Nuova, Venetians retake, 29 
Torres Vedras, artillery complimented by the 
French at, 407 
Torrens, Sir Henry, destructive effect of 
spherical case shot at Vimiera, described 
by, 412 
Tournay, citizens of Lille purchased cannon 
in 1368 at, 5 
-, disaster of battle of Mouveaux com¬ 
municated to the army from head 
quarters at, 270 
Tower, department of gunnery at, in time of 
Edw. III., 18 
Townsend, Lieut., R.A., on effect of shrapnel 
at Hougomont, 422 
Trautenau, official list of Austrian losses at the 
action at, 384 
“ Trebuchets,” 15 
Tubes, friction, 456 
Turner, Mr Sharon, note by, on gun stones, 
and gun founders in the reign of Edw. 
III., 2 
Turret boats, Russian, 101 
-, dimensions of iron plates for, 102 
Twist of Enfield rifles, 247 
Tytler, Brig.- Gen., c.b., Bala Pass forced by 
the British, under command of, 153 
U. 
Ulster, Earl of, copper gun, with bows and 
arrows, taken to Ireland by, 17 
Unbushed guns, table shewing the velocity 
of solid shot fired from a 68-pr., 197, 
198 
Uncertainty of precision of fire with time 
fuzes, 311 
“ United Service Magazine,” extract from, on 
the effect of shrapnel in Egypt, 404 
- retreat to Corunna, 409 
“ Uragan,” constructed at Russian New 
Admiralty, 102 
Urgent application for the introduction of 
shrapnel shells, 403 
Usage, cavalry affair “ almost bloodless ” at, 
399 
V. 
“Valorous,” accident on board of the, 329 
Variation in the charges of powder used at 
various periods, 274 
Variations in the weight of guns at different 
periods, 273 
- - ■ of gun carriages, ib. 
-in windage of guns, at different periods, 
274 
Velocity of a shot in motion through the air, 
chronograph for measuring, 161 
-of projectile, effect of elongating the 
cartridge on, 195 
-, effect of position of vent 
on, 202 
Venetians, bombards used by, 27 
-, Loredo and Torre Nuova retaken by the, 
29 
-, Genoese defeated by, 30 
Vent pieces, fractured, 330 
-, remarks on the best position of the, 200 
Vercelli, employment of bombards at siege of, 
28 
Vertical fire, 455 
Vertical targets, 48 
Vettore Pisani imprisoned for losing battle of 
Pola, 29 
Vimiera, electric effects of shrapnel shells at, 
408 
-, losses at, 405 
Visconti, Galeazzo, employment of bombards 
at siege of Vercelli, by, 28 
Vittoria, extracts from despatches on the 
effective services of the artillery, 416, 417 
-, losses at, 417 
-, massing of guns during retreat from, 272 
-, pursuit after battle of, 416 
-, stores and ammunition captured at, 417 
Vizier of Egypt, description of an interview 
with, 404 
W. 
Wagoners (Dutch), in smock frocks, guns 
drawn by, 270 
Wagram, massing of guns at battle of, 272 
Waldeck battalion, retreat at Cape of Good 
Hope of, 402 
“ Waldeckers,” 401 
Waller, Lieut. R.A., killed by explosion of 
powder barrel, 131 
Walls, trials of B.L. and M.L. field guns 
against, 319 
Wardrobes, receipts and expenses (Edw. Ill) 
of keeper of, 18 
Warren, Captain, R.A., “My journal during 
the Bhootan Campaign, 1864-65,” 116 
“Warrior” target, “Hercules” double the 
weight of, 107 
——, penetrated by steel elongated projectiles, 
228 
Waterloo, admirable conduct of artillery at, 
329 
-, decided effects of British artillery at, 
398 
■ -, description of a charge of the Imperial 
Guard at, 400 
•-of a portion of the battle, ib. 
■ -, Hanoverian losses at, 421 
■ -, list of ammunition fired by troop of 
horse artillery, under Captain Whinyates, 
at battle of, is 
