THE ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. 
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In giving the results of each day's work, I have arranged the rounds fired 
from each nature separately, for the sake of simplicity; the precise order of 
firing will be seen by the general number of the round. 
First Day's Firing. 
(Friday, 30th Oct. 1874.) 
From battery “C," 1452yds. range; “direct" fire; common shell, with 
E.L. percussion fuze. 
Gen. No. 
of 
round. 
Nature of ord¬ 
nance. 
Charge. 
Eleva¬ 
tion. 
Effect on target battery (shell burst, &c.) 
14 
40-pr. R.M.L. 
lbs. 
7 
o r 
2 36 
Crest of parapet; crater 8' x 7' x 3' deep. 
15 
II 
II 
II 
50 yds. over. : 
16 
II 
II 
n 
Ridge of screen; small crater 18" deep. 
17 
II 
II 
II 
Blind; struck screen. 
18 
II 
II 
II 
On top of screen; crater 2' deep. 
19 
64-pr. R.M.L. 
10 
2 20 to 2 30 
110 yds. under. 
20 
II 
II 
II 
110 yds. over. 
21 
II 
„ 
II 
Cut away bannerol on top of battery. 
22 
II 
II 
n 
Foot of screen. 
23 
II 
II 
it 
In battery; cut away flagstaff by splinter. 
24 
8-in, It. howitzer 
7 
10 30 to 10 40 
Blind; 50 yds. under. 
25 
n 
II 
n 
Section g of splinter-proof; four framps 
26 
a 
II 
damaged, and five capsills broken; end of 
rails down; three uprights driven in on 
front side of gallery. 
Blind; foot of screen. 
75 yds. under; burst after graze. 
27 
a 
II 
ir 
28 
n 
II 
ii 
In splinter-proof. 
29 
a 
II 
it 
In battery; burst after graze, making long 
30 
n 
II 
it 
shallow crater 14' x 3' x 18" deep. 
45 yds. over ; burst on graze. 
31 
n 
ll 
ii 
35 yds. over. 
32 
a 
II 
ii 
Struck interior crest of left gun-portion, carry¬ 
33 
ji 
ii 
ing away one sand-bag from interior crest, 
and then burst 3' from ground; damaged 
both cheeks of embrasure. Numerous 
grazes of splinters in rear of traverse, as 
well as of gun-portion. 
In splinter-proof; breached side of section h, 
carrying away four baulks 3" by 9", filling 
passage with earth; stancheons of two 
frames carried away; crater 14£' x 11'. 
Note.— In all measurements of craters given, the first figure denotes length of crater at surface, measured 
across the battery ; the second figure breadth of crater at surface, measured parallel to the crest line; and 
the third dimension gives the maximum depth. 
The recoil of the 8-in. howitzer was rather violent, although means had 
been taken to raise the side pieces of the Clerk's platform from which it was 
fired ; the trail plank was more than once broken. It was intended to have 
fired from the howitzer in “B" battery, but the continued heavy rain of the 
previous night had caused the carriage to sink so deeply in the mire that it 
was left there for the day. 
Second Day's Firing. 
(4th November, 1874.) 
From “ B " battery, 1713 yds. range; 32 rounds of shrapnel shell were fired 
with full charges from 64-pr. and 40-pr. E.M.L. guns, of which 13 were 
with time fuzes, and the remainder with E.L. percussion fuzes. General 
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