THE KOYAL AliTILLEllY INSTITUTION. 
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infantry tactics lies wholly on one flank of the artillery. This excep¬ 
tional case demands a special protection for the exposed flank of the 
guns. 
Pursuit Should an attack succeed, and our infantry possess them¬ 
selves of the enemy's position, this must at once he secured 
by advancing all the available guns into it, as well for the purpose of 
supporting our own infantry as to create confusion in the ranks of the 
retiring enemy, while the cavalry and horse artillery endeavour to check 
every attempt at renewed resistance on his part. Should the enemy 
make a stand in a new position, this must again be attacked, and thus 
a new offensive battle may develop itself. Obstacles such as rivers, 
though checking the advance of infantry and cavalry, afford a favourable 
opportunity for massing as many guns as are available, and harassing 
the retiring columns at long ranges. 
Defensive For a defensive battle, batteries having had their positions 
battles. assigned to them previous to its commencement, a few only 
being kept in hand for massing on threatened points, the 
following rules may be laid down for the artillery :— 
1. Disclose the entire strength as late as possible to the enemy. 
2. Do not commence firing too soon. 
3. Endeavour to destroy the enemy's artillery as it comes up, and 
before he has an equal number of guns to your own in action. 
4. Remain in action until the latest moment. 
5. By combining your case shot with infantry's fire, endeavour to 
gain for them a superiority to the last. 
Eetreat or A part of the artillery being combined with the infantry 
rear guard or cavalry immediately concerned in covering the retreat, its 
mass ought to be sent back into the next good position in 
rear, there to form a fresh rallying point for the other troops, and by a 
well directed fire either to put a stop to the enemy's pursuit, or failing 
this at any rate to check it, and by forcing him to deploy afresh to gain 
time. 
Horse artillery Seeing that cavalry are helpless on the defensive, and that 
with cavalry, they are kept out of fire until actually required to attack, it 
follows that horse artillery, when combined with this arm, acts on the 
offensive only, and that the time for its action is short, being limited to 
that required by the cavalry for coming up, deploying, and making the 
other necessary dispositions. As soon, therefore, as a cavalry attack is 
decided on, the horse artillery ought to gallop up to within from 1500 
to 1000 yds. distance from the enemy, and direct their fire exclusively 
on the object to be attacked as long as they can do so without danger 
to the advancing cavalry, diverting it on to the enemy's artillery when 
this is no longer practicable. It may happen that the guns become for 
a time entirely masked by the advancing cavalry. Then arises the ques¬ 
tion : Is horse artillery, armed with rifled guns, as heretofore to gallop 
on in advance of the cavalry to within, case shot range of the enemy, or is 
it to remain stationary ? If the former course is pursued, such advance 
must be made either immediately the guns are thus masked—in which 
case it arrives too late, or at most in time to fire one round of case shot—* 
