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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
within 70 yds. in front of the column, on Fig. 4. These two last 
Fig. 4. 
Boxer Shrapnel 9-pr. 
Range 1000 yds. 
703 
are the results of the 9-pr. shells; but still, making allowance for the 
difference, both are inferior to the 12-pr. result on Fig. 1; the shrapnel, 
where time fuzes are used, beating the segment shell decidedly. 
Figs. 5 and 6 are the best results obtained with shrapnel and time 
Fig. 5. 
Shrapnel 9-pr. 
Range 1000 yds. 
isi; 
Fig. 6. 
Segment 9-pr. 
Percussion (only). Range 1450 yds. 
a ROUNDS ONLY 
PP WHICH'l-j-S PREMATURE 
THROUCbl—1 14. 
EODCEO.IS 
struck__ 14- 
fuzes, and segment with percussion fuzes, at a target with a bog in 
front. The segment here only fired nine rounds, the result being 
exceedingly bad. It is fair to remember this nature of result, when 
looking at the action of percussion fuzes at their best; and it is also to 
be borne in mind that the segment, for the most part, had exactly two 
trials against each single trial of the shrapnel; so that if the shrapnel 
