THE ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. 
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THE GERMAN ARTILLERY IN 1870-71. 
TRANSLATED PROM THE FRENCH BY 
CAPTAIN HIME, R. A. 
Combat of Wissembourg 3 
4th August, 1870. 
90 guns: 42 of 9 centimetres, and 48 of 8 centimetres. 
Guns of 9 c. 
Common shell. Shrapnel. Case. 
631 19 0 
Guns of Sc. 
Common shell. Shrapnel. 
749 0 
Total: 1380 common shell, and 19 shrapnel. 
No. of rounds per gun, 15*5. 
Loss: 3 artillery officers, 20 artillerymen, and 49 artillery horses. 
Case. 
0 
Battle of Worth , 
6th August, 1870. 
231 guns: 90 of 9 c., and 141 of 8 c. 
Guns of 9 c. 
Common shell. Shrapnel. Case. 
3028 12 0 
Guns of 8 c. 
Common shell. Shrapnel. 
6748 0 
Total: 9776 common shell, 12 shrapnel, and 64 case. 
No. of rounds per gun, 42*6. 
Loss: 12 officers, 137 men, and 300 horses. 
Case. 
64 
Battle of Spieheren, 
6th August, 1870. 
78 guns: 30 of 9 c., and 48 of 8 c. 
Guns of 9 c. 
Common shell. Shrapnel. 
1045 0 
Case. 
0 
Guns of 8 c. 
Common shell. Shrapnel. 
1329 0 
Total: 2374 common shell. 
No. of rounds per gun, 30’4. 
Loss: 7 officers, 77 men, and 105 horses. 
Case. 
0 
