148 
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
It seems unnecessary to give a tabular statement of this firing, the total 
effects of which were inconsiderable. Round No. 42, from 40-pr. gun, burst in 
baltery, killing the No. 1 of the gun, breaking 2 spokes and 1 felloe of left 
wheel; splinter in front transom of carriage, and 5 splinters and 22 hits in 
targets behind; interior crest and cheeks of embrasure damaged in two places. 
The next round, No. 48, from 64-pr. gun, destroyed sand-bags at corner of 
merlon; 2 splinters and 8 hits in targets. Round No. 45 wounded 1 man, 
and put 2 splinters in targets behind. This practice gave additional proof 
that shrapnel, fired with percussion fuzes, is of little or no use against earth¬ 
works ; with time fuzes, some damage might be done to the defenders, if we 
could ensure the shell bursting close over the top of the battery—but this is 
not so easily done. The 40-pr. shrapnel seemed too weak, as three of them 
burst in the gun. This was the only portion of the programme of shrapnel- 
fire which the Committee thought it necessary to carry out. 
Third Day's Tiring. 
(5th November, 1874.) 
Common shell, firing from “B” battery; fuzes used, R.L. percussion with 
full charges, and “ sensitive ” fuze with reduced charges. 
,. n n , (No. 3 with 64-pr. 
Portions fired at.. < . . n 1 
( « 4 i, 40-pr. 
except rounds 92, 94, and 96 at No. 1 gun-portion. 
Gen. No. 
of 
round. 
Nature of ord¬ 
nance. 
Charge. 
Elevation. 
Effects on target battery (shell burst, &c.) 
66 
64-pr. R.M.L. 
lbs. 
10 
O t 
3 15 
150 yds. over. 
68 
a 
n 
3 10 
50 yds. over. 
70 
n 
n 
3 
7 
Struck foot of screen, and burst after graze; 
72 
n 
n 
n 
destroyed 2 rails of temporary railway. 
In battery ; fell in old crater. 
74 
n 
a 
a 
Foot of screen. 
76 
„ 
ii 
a 
No. 3 gun-portion; crater 11' x 15' x 4' 
78 
n 
n 
a 
deep; blew in right cheek of embrasure, 
entirely closing it. 
Exterior slope of battery; partly re-opened 
80 
ii 
a 
a 
embrasure. 
In battery ; killed Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 of gun 
detachment; cut away right angle of em¬ 
brasure ; 9 large splinters and a quantity 
of debris lay in gun-portion No. 3. 
300 yds. under; noisy. 
82 
n 
3 
9 40 
84 
ii 
a 
11 
0 
Exterior slope of battery; crater 8^' x 6' x 3' 
86 
ii 
i> 
// 
deep. 
200 yds. short. 
88 
n 
„ 
12 
0 
Struck 75 yds. short; blind. 
90 
„ 
a 
12 30 
200 yds over. 
92 
ii 
10 
3 
7 
Struck top of battery; burst after graze. 
94 
ii 
n 
H 
In battery; crater 8' x 9' x 3' deep. 
Grazed right of screen. 
96 
n 
n 
li 
