INDEX. 
PAGE 
A. 
Administration, Fundamental principles 
of .113 
Advanced guards, Duties of . 469 
Duties of, when in 
presence of the enemy 475 
Strength of ... ... 470 
Artillery of the ... 473 
Adye, J. M., Brig.-Gen., on autumn 
manoeuvres ... ... ... 64 
... S. P., Major R.A., Protest against 
the use of battalion guns, by ... 286 
Ammunition expended by German artil¬ 
lery during the war of 
1870-1 . 241 
... Expenditure of, by German 
field artillery in 1870-1 313 
... Wagon, Construction of ... 333 
Its first adoption 285 
Angles, Measuring, in range-finding ... 177 
Annual report of R.A. Institution, 1871-2 89 
. ... 1872-3 267 
. ... L873-4 454 
Armour plates, Conditions requisite for 
the efficient penetra¬ 
tion of . 302 
Principles determined 
from practice against 300 
Army corps, Strength of German ... 24 
Arsenal, circumstances under which it 
may be established ... ... 109 
Considerations which govern 
the position of an ... ... 110 
... Definition of an ... ... 107 
Details of the organisation of an 114 
Establishment of a central ... Ill 
General principles of the or¬ 
ganisation of an ... ... 113 
... Personnel of an . 124 
Position most desirable for an 111 
(Second class), Requirements 
of an ... ... ... ... 122 
... The establishment and organi¬ 
sation of an. 105 
Arsenals, Defence of ... ... ... 113 
in India ... ... ... 110 
Artillery, Advance of, when in action ... 127 
... and Infantry attack and de¬ 
fence, Sketches of, by Lt.-Col. 
W. J. Williams, C.B., R.A.... 126 
attached to advance guard, 
duties of . ... 10 
... carriages, Principles of con¬ 
struction of ... ... ... 333 
... Conveyance of siege (by rail) 27 
Distribution of, in French and 
Prussian armies ... ... 233 
Duties of, in the field... ... 8 
Employment of, in the field ... 8 
(German) in 1870-1 ... ... 241 
... in the field, Rules for the 
application of . 9 
i 
I 
Artillery of England, Tactical basis for 
the 
... of Sir Ralph Abercrombie’s 
expedition to Egypt... 
of the advanced guard of an 
army in the field, Constitution 
and duties of, by Lieut. F. C. 
Pratt, R.A. ... 
... on the march, Position of the 
... Space occupied by, when on 
the march 
Systems of England and Ger¬ 
many, Comparison of 
Tactics, development of, by 
Capt. W. Fox Strang- 
ways, R.A. ... 
... ... Notes on, by Lt.-Col. 
W.J. Williams, C.B., 
R.A. 
Attack, Duties of artillery in the 
Modes of... 
by artillery and infantry 
Austrian field batteries, State of the, in 
the beginning of the 19th 
century ... . 
government breech-loading sys¬ 
tem . 
Autumn manoeuvres, A lecture on, by 
Capt. C.B.Brack- 
enbury, R.A. ... 
... ... compared with 
real war. 
... ... Suggestions for 
the successful car- 
Axletrees, Principles of construction of. 
B. 
Baring, E., Capt., R.A., on the Bavarian 
“revolver-cannon”... 
Remarks on the proper propor¬ 
tion of guns to men, by 
Barker, F. W. J., Lieut. R.A., A short 
sketch of the Rhine fortresses and 
Metz, by. 
Bashforth, the Rev. F., B.D., Tables of 
remaining velocity, time of flight, and 
energy of various projectiles, by 
Battalion guns, Abolition of 
Belgian artillery, Duties of the captain of 
the battery in the 
Berge, Baron Henri, Report upon the 
British 9-pr. M.L. gun, by ... 
Block-trail for field guns, Invention of 
the 
Bombardment of the sluices at siege of 
Strasburg, 1870. 
Botany, A knowledge of (by officers), 
advocated 
Brackenbury, C. B., Capt. R.A., on 
autumn manoeuvres . 
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468 
472 
34 
234 
145 
340 
340 
10 
126 
222 
387 
45 
64 
9,65 
369 
28 
31 
36 
1 
285 
137 
132 
288 
142 
18 
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