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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
Mghth Day's Firing ( continued .) 
Gen. No. 
of 
round. 
Nature of 
ordnance. 
Charge. 
Weight 
of shell. 
Eleva¬ 
tion. 
Effects on target battery (shell burst, &c.) 
lbs. 
lbs. 
o , 
195 
8-in.R.howtz. 
8* 
180 
16 50 
Exterior slope of battery, cutting away a 
portion 12' x 9'. 
196 
II 
II 
150 
16 0 
Foot of splinter-proof'. 
197 
„ 
„ 
II 
15 50 
30 yds. over ; 10' left. 
198 
n 
II 
" 
15 40 
Passed through targets, and burst on graze; 
crater in shingle. 
199 
a 
II 
a 
a 
50 yds. over. 
200 
" 
a 
n 
15 30 
On top of battery; 15' right; crater 
15' x 11' x 4' deep. 
201 
II 
a 
a 
n 
Between targets and splinter-proof. 
202 
II 
n 
a 
" 
Interior crest of parapet on left of gun- 
portion; crater 8' x 4' x 2' deep. 
203 
II 
a 
n 
" 
Top of parapet to left of gun-portion, bulging 
the interior crest and removing several 
sandbags; double crater 18' x. 9' and 
6' x 6' x 31' deep. 
204 
" 
- . I 
n 
n 
n 
Struck top of parapet to left, and burst in 
gun-portion, killing nearly the whole gun- 
detachment. 
205 
64-pr.R.M.L. ; 
gun. 
10 
64 
1 30 
Exterior slope of parapet (right-hand corner 
No. 2 gun-portion). 
206 
n 
n 
n 
n 
Exterior slope of parapet. 
207 
n 
n 
„ 
n 
Foot of exterior slope of parapet. 
208 
„ 
a 
n 
a 
Exterior slope of battery. 
209 
a 
a 
n 
" 
Do. do.* 
210 
8-in.R.howtz. 
&2 
150 
15 30 
Foot of splinter-proof on extreme left flank. 
211 
II 
II 
// 
a 
Between targets and splinter-proof; crater 
18' x 13' x 3£' deep. 
212 
II 
II 
II 
" 
Interior crest of traverse; two capsills 
cracked in magazine below; double crater 
21' x 6' and 6' x 6' x 3|' deep. 
* The effect of the five rounds, 205 to 209, was a cut across the parapet 2S ft. long by 16 ft. in greatest 
width, and 3 ft. 6 ins. deep at exterior crest. (See section, Plate II.) 
Note. —When a double crater is recorded, the first pair of figures denote roughly the “area of disturb¬ 
ance,” and the remaining dimensions refer to the deep crater. 
Recoil .—When the wedges were removed, the recoil along the level ground 
platform was found to be 21 ft., with trail embedded in shingle in rear. 
With the 180-lb. shell and 3J-lb. charge, the mean recoil up the planes was 
2 ft., the foot of each wedge being 7 ft. from centre of wheel when run up ; 
this distance was found to give sufficient power to enable the gun and 
carriage to run up again into its place against the lmrter. With the 150-lb. 
shell the foot of each wedge was placed 6 ft. from centre of wheel, the 
distance recoiled up the inclines being still 2 ft. on the average. 
Ninth Day's Firing. 
(25th November, 1874.) 
8-in. E. howitzer; direct shell fire at 1000 yds. range; wind across range, 
force 3. 
p . , C Founds 213 to 222, No. 1 gun-portion. 
oin s ' „ 223,, 235, magazine in right epaulment. 
„ 236 ,, 248, No. 4 gun-portion. 
aimed at.. 
