538 
OEEHAMPTON EXPERIMENTS. 
The great discrepancy in the table between the number of hits and the 
number of troopers disabled is due to the following cause. In the operation 
of examining the targets, facsimiles of the original are made on a small scale, 
reproducing the exact position of the hits. A plate of glass on which the 
figures of troopers are traced is then placed over the drawing, and any hits 
which fall without the figures are not counted. Further, one trooper may be 
hit twenty times, but he only counts as one. 
23. On the 20th and 30th August, further experiments were tried with 
the following results, at greater ranges, and offering further means of com¬ 
parison. 
The practice referred to in the two following tables was carried on by 
salvos, the distance, as measured by Nolan's range-finder, being communicated 
to the officer commanding the battery. 
9-pr. R.M.L. Gun, ficwt., R.H.A. Range 3500 yds. 
No. of 
rounds. 
No. of 
Effective shell. 
Nature of projectile. 
No. of hits. 
troopers 
disabled. 
Number. 
Hits per 
shell. 
Salvo. 
6 
Boxer-shrapnel, time fuze... 
233 
60 
4 
58-25 
}- 
6 
it percussion fuze ... 
38 
18 { 
Not 
observed. 
6* 
Water shell, « 
0 
O 
O 
— 
6 
Common shell, « 
58 
27 
6 
9-67 
* -All the shells fell beyond the target. 
VS-pr. R.M.L. Gun, 12 cwt., R.A. Range about 4000 yds. 
No. of 
rounds. 
No. of 
Effective shell. 
Nature of projectile. 
No. of hits. 
troopers 
disabled. 
Number. 
Hits per 
shell. 
Salvo. 
6 
Boxer-shrapnel, time fuze. 
Salvo. 
80 
8 
3* 
26-67 
6 
ir percussion fuze ... 
140 
25 
5 
28-00 
6 
Water shell, n 
48 
11 
3 
16-00 
6 
Common shell, n 
6 
1 
3 
2-00 
* Burst on plane, fuzes being too long. 
On the 20th August the range was 3956 yds. to the centre of column, for 
the 16-pr., but on the 30th the target was moved 40 yds. further back. The 
practice referred to in the above tables was carried on by salvos at a known 
range; the following results were from independent and deliberate firing at 
the same targets. 
