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“ Etappcn Department,” Organisation of, 
and duties of officers connected- there¬ 
with ... ... ... ... ... 66 
Expenditure of ammunition by the Ger¬ 
man field artillery in 1870-1, by Capt. 
H. W. L. Hime, E.A. ... 313 
Experiments with 16-pr. M.L.E. guns of 
3'3-in. and 3'6-in. calibre respec¬ 
tively ... ... ... ... 250, etseq. 
F. 
“Festungs Kriegs-spiel ” described ... 72 
Field artillery carriages, Essential quali¬ 
ties of ... 325 
... ... Principles of con¬ 
struction of, 
by Captain W. 
Kemmis, E.A. 325 
Field artillery, Comparison of English and 
Prussian, at early part of 
present century ... 219 
during the Peninsular 
war, Immobility of the 289 
... in the beginning of the 
19th century, State of the 209 
... in the expedition to Por¬ 
tugal in 182 6, State of the 293 
... Mobility of, by Captain 
H. W. L.Hime,E.A. 209, 281 
... of the principal European 
states, Details of the ... 267 
projectiles . 307 
Proposed tactical unit for 238 
... Tactics of... ... ... 146 
The mobility of ... .... 358 
Field batteries, First improvements in 
the French and English ... 284 
Field gun of 3'3-in. calibre, its advan¬ 
tages and disadvantages . 264 
Field guns, Comparative accuracy of va¬ 
rious ... ... ... 168 
Comparison of practice of 
English and foreign ... 135 
Elevations of English and 
foreign for various ranges 134 
... Initial velocities of various... 134 
... Position in action of ... 149 
The calibre of, by Captain 
W. H. Noble, E.A. ... 247 
Frazer, Sir Augustus, on field artillery... 218 
French estimate of the English artillery 
in 1815 .291 
... field batteries, State of the, in the 
beginning of the 19th century 221 
Eevolution, The tactics of the ... 210 
Fuzes, Improvements desirable in ... 309 
G. 
Galletly, J., on the ignition of cotton by 
saturation with fatty oils ... ... 227 
Gardiner, Sir Eobert, on the condition 
of our field artillery, 1848 ... ... 293 
Gatling gun, Details of construction of... 438 
... ... in competition with Mar¬ 
tini-Henry, &c., Tables 
of experiments with ... 450 
... guns, small mitrailleuses, field 
guns, &c., Comparison 
between... ... ... 452 
... Trial and adoption of ... 422 
TAGE 
Geary, H. Le G., Major E.A., On a 
tactical basis for the artillery 
of England ... ... ... 231 
H., Lieut. E.A., A flying visit to 
Turin arsenal, by ... ... 407 
General Meeting of E.A. Institution, 1872 89 
1873 267 
1874 454 
Geology and Mineralogy, Study of (by 
officers) advocated . 19 
German artillery in 1870-1 ... ... 241 
soldiers, dress, physique, &c., of 42 
Gordon, Colonel, S. E., C.B., on curved 
fire ... ... ... ... ... 229 
Gribeauval’s field artillery system ... 210 
Grooving projectiles to fit grooves in gun 393 
Gun, 9-pr. M.L., Precis of a report upon 132 
... 16-pr., of 3'3-in. calibre, Advan¬ 
tages and disadvantages of ... 264 
Gun-carriage and limber, Principles of 
construction of. 328 
Forces exerted upon ... 329 
Gun factories, Establishment of... ... 122 
Gunners, Disposition of ... ... ... 148 
Gunpowder, Influence of size of grain of 251 
... Eesults of practice from 
9-pr. M.L.E. with dif¬ 
ferent kinds of . 252 
L.G. and E.L.G., Compara¬ 
tive merits of ... ... 82 
Guns and men employed in various 
engagements ... ... ... 32 
for fortresses and siege works ... 303 
for naval service and coast de¬ 
fences . 299 
... (heavy) Eiflingfor ... ... 377 
16-pr. M.L. and 12-pr. B.L., com¬ 
pared . ... ... 83 
Gyration of rifled projectiles ... ... 380 
Gyroscope, and laws of rotation ... 378 
H. 
Hamley, Colonel E. B., C.B., E.A., on 
the employment of mitrailleurs ... 429 
Handling of troops ... ... ... 158 
| Head of projectile, Shape of, for use 
| against iron plates ... ... ... 301 
j High-angle firing with guns at siege of 
Belfort, success.of ... ... ... 304 
| Hime, H. W. L., Capt. E.A.,on mobility of 
| fieldartill ry... ... ... 209,281, 358 
Hollist, Capt. E.A., details of field artillery 
of the principal European states ... 267 
Hollow and lead, how measured and 
advantages of ... ... ... ... 376 
Horse artillery and field batteries com¬ 
pared . 223 
Employment of, with cav¬ 
alry ... ... ... 11 
Improper use. of ... ... 156 
Organisation of the, as a 
corps d’ elite ... ... 211 
Horses, excessive loss as compared to that 
of men during the war of 
1870-1 ... ... . ... _ ... 246 
... of gun, disposition of in action ... 55 
ITo( chkiss revolver cannon, Details of con¬ 
struction of ... ... ... ... 448 
