IV. 
CONTENTS. 
The Story of the 36-inch Mortars of 1855-8. By Major-General Lefroy, 
C.B., F.R.S., R.A. 203 
The Beform of Prussian Tactics. A Lecture delivered at the R.A. Institution, 
Woolwich, December 13, 1870, by Lieut.-Colonel C. C. Chesney, R.E.... 240 
The Puture Armament of our Field Artillery. A Paper read at the B.A. 
Institution, Woolwich, January 16, 1871, by Lieut. C. Jones, B.A., 
Captain Instructor, Boyal Gun Factories .. 252 
The Merits of a Large Bore and Small Bore Contrasted, with reference to 
Rifled Artillery and Small-Arms. A. Lecture delivered at the B.A. 
Institution, Woolwich, February 17, 1871, by Lieut. J. Sladen, B.A., 
Assistant Instructor, Boyal Laboratory . 273 
Mounting of Twelve 12-ton Guns at Malta, 1870, by 10th Brigade, B.A. ... 293 
Annual Report and Abstract of Proceedings of a General Meeting of the Boyal 
Artillery Institution, held on May 23, 1871. Colonel A. Benn, B.A., 
in the Chair ..... 299 
List of Members of the Boyal Artillery Institution (arranged Alphabetically). 
April 1871 . 320 
The Minor Tactics of Field Artillery. By Lieut. H. W. L. Hime, B.A. 
The B.A. Institution Prize Essay of 1871 ...... 328 
A few Notes on the Handling of Horse Artillery and Cavalry. By Captain 
I. Ketchen, B.H.A..... 343 
The Prussian Mode of Conducting Large Manoeuvres. A Lecture delivered 
at the B.A. Institution, Woolwich, February 7, 1871, by Lieut.-Colonel 
E. W. Bray, 4th King’s Own Boyal Regiment of Infantry . 347 
Tables of Remaining Velocity, Time of Flight, and Energy of various Pro¬ 
jectiles, calculated from the results of experiments made with the Bashforth 
Chronograph, 1865-70. By the Rev. F. Bashforth, B.D., Professor 
of Applied Mathematics to the Advanced Class, Boyal Artillery . 367 
Development of Artillery Missiles during 1870. By Capt. C. O. Browne, B.A., 
Captain Instructor, Boyal Laboratory. A Paper read at the B.A. 
Institution, Woolwich, January 31, 1871, to supplement the Paper on 
Rifled Shells and Fuzes read by Capt. C. O. Browne, March 8, 1870 ... 393 
The Determination of the Explosive Force of Gunpowder. A Paper read at the 
B.A. Institution, Woolwich, March 15,1871, by Capt. J. P. Morgan, B.A. 413 
Breaching by Indirect Fire. By Colonel II. II. Maxwell, B.A., Superintendent 
Cossipore Gun Foundry ..... 440 
Extracts from Major Kodolitscli’s Report on the Abyssinian Expedition. 
Translated from the German by Lieut. Douglas F. Jones, B.A. 448 
The Mobility of Field Artillery; Past and Present. By Lieut. H. W. L, 
Hime, R.A. (No. III.)..... 455 
