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At 2030 yds,, the same battery with 12 rounds of shrapnel, with time fuze, 
disabled every one of the detachment of a gun sheltered in a gun pit, besides 
injuring the carriage. 
At 2100 yds., with 72 rounds of various projectiles fired deliberately, the 
9-pr. battery hit 69 out of 100 dummies in an attacking line at open 
intervals, while the 16-pr. hit 68. 
On the 18th August, with shrapnel and time fuzes, the ranges being found 
by Nolan's range-finder, the following results were obtained:—The 9-pr. 
battery, with 12 rounds at a range of 2575 yds., in 4 minutes hit 12 dummies 
out of 100 in extended order, and with 24 rounds at ranges of 2250 and 
1625 yds. hit 40 dummies out of a similar body of 200 in 8J minutes. On 
the same occasion, and with the same projectile, the 16-pr. battery in 7 minutes 
hit 26 dummies out of 200 in open order, at a range of 2600 yds. in 
12 rounds, and at a range of 3120 yds. at the same target hit 20 dummies 
in 8J minutes. 
On the 13th August, at a range of 3000 yds., firing deliberately at a column 
of infantry of four companies with double interval between the files and six 
paces between the companies, the 9-pr. battery, with 72 rounds of various 
projectiles, hit 156 dummies out of 400, while the 16-pr. battery, under the 
same circumstances, hit 321. 
At a range of 3500 yds., firing at No. 4 Target mentioned above, the 9-pr. 
battery with 6 rounds (salvo) of shrapnel with time fuze made 233 hits, and 
with 12 rounds—2 per gun, independently and rapidly—of water shell at 
the same range made 331 hits. 
At a range of 4000 yds., firing at the same target, the 16-pr. battery with 
6 rounds (salvo) of shrapnel with percussion fuze made 140 hits, with 12 
rounds of shrapnel with time fuze, fired independently and rapidly, made 100 
hits, with 12 rounds of water shell made 165 hits, and with 12 rounds of 
percussion shrapnel made 189 hits. 
On the 30th of August, at a range of 5200 yds. as given by Nolan's range¬ 
finder, the 16-pr. battery, in a bad light, without proper tangent scale, and 
firing up a considerable angle, placed either in the Target No. 16, or within 
25 yds. of it, 13 out of 18 common shell. Had the target been a farm 
steading, or a group of cottages, the result would have been satisfactory. 
(Class II.) Conclusion. 
The Committee are of opinion that bodies of troops cannot with impunity 
remain stationary, or even move deliberately in front of guns, at any distance 
under 4000 yds., if the ground is at all open, the artillery posted so that they 
can see that distance, and the atmosphere clear. Tillages or depots of stores 
would be unsafe at longer ranges. 
(Class III.) The Value oe Artillery Tire against the most recent 
Tormations op Inpantry. 
27. In carrying out the experiments to ascertain the results of artillery 
fire against recent infantry formations, and the nature of projectile which, 
under different conditions, will produce the maximum effect, the Committee 
