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INDEX. 
A. 
PAGE 
Adye, Lt.-Gen. Sir John, Remarks on 
Capt. C. Orde Browne’s Report on 
Krupp’s Meppen Experiments ... 283 
Afghan armaments, Tabular statement of 144 
Afghanistan, by Lt.-Col. Sidney Parry... 140 
... A nation of soldiers ... ibid. 
... Military stores presented 
by Indian Government ibid. 
... Dost Mahomed’s account of 
his gun making.. 141 
... composition of gunpowder 143 
... equipment of troops ... ibid. 
... Description of a special 
ammunition box used in 411 
Africa, The French in, by Capt. T. J. 
Roch, R.A.667 
African War (South) of 1878-9, Pro- 
fessional notes by Lieut. Slade, R.A.... 253 
Ali, Shere, armament of his army, by 
Lt.-Col. S. Parry, R.H.A. 140 
Ammunition boxes, Observations on 
great weight of ... 269 
... Description of a special 
box for carrying, used 
in Afghanistan ... 411 
... Equipment of Artillery, in 
the field, by Col. W. J. 
Williams, R.H.A. ... 118 
,,. Equipment of Artillery, in 
the field, by Maj. Nichol¬ 
son, R.H.A. ... ... 309 
... Expenditure of, by the 
Russian army in war of 
1877-8 . 372 
Annual General Meeting (Forty-fourth) 
Abstract of Proceedings ... 675 
... report of clothing, Form of ... 73 
... ... of R.A. Institution 1879*80 234 
. 1880-81 575 
Armament of Shere Ali’s army, by Lt.- 
Col. S. Parry, R.H.A. 140 
Armour, Necessity of, byCol.Inglis,R.E. 317 
Armour bolts, Description of ... ... 323 
recommended for fixing 
armour plates ... ... ibid. 
Armour-piercing projectiles up to 9-in. 
calibre, Notes on ... 477 
. projectiles, reports of 
experiments in Rus¬ 
sia and Holland ... 491 
Armour plates, Fixing of ... 320, 323 
. remarks on manufacture 
and resistance of ... 321 
... ... wrought iron, Manu¬ 
facture of ... ... 332 
. reports on experiments 
in Russia and Holland 491 
. Trials of, at Meppen ... 669 
Armoured Defences, Notes on, by Col. 
Inglis, R.E. 317 
... ... set up, Description 
of principal ... 334 
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Armstrong, 100-ton gun accident ... 192 
... . con¬ 
clusions of Italian com¬ 
mission . ... 198 
Artillery, Use of, as a pivot on occasions 
of flank movements. 29 
... Proposed limber system for 
field .113 
... Foot, Addendum to the drill 
regulations of, Berlin, 1880... 469 
... Resume of the report of the 
conference held in Vienna on 
the best method of employing 643 
... Increasing importance of light 
artillery, by Maj. W. B* E. 
Ellis, R.A.117 
Note on the ammunition equip¬ 
ment of . 118 
... Table of duties required of 
field artillery and projectiles 
best adapted for . 313 
... The training of “Pointeurs” for 673 
... in the field, Ammunition and 
equipment of. 649 
... Field, Equipment of. 309 
. Attack of entrenchments 
by, by Maj, Kemmis, 
R.A.216 
. Proposed limber system 
for, by Maj. W. B. E. 
Ellis, R.A.199 
... in the field, Rank, post and 
duty of an officer commanding 357 
.., Field, in England, French con¬ 
clusions respecting. 428 
... at Mai wand, Note on the ser¬ 
vice of... ... . 618 
... Garrison, Organization and 
employment of ... .... 389 
... Horse, weight of gun ... 666 
and Field, Adoption of 
revolver for, in Hol¬ 
land . 345 
... and Engineer Journal, from 
the Italian (Extracts) ... 638 
... Field, Austrian, notes on ser¬ 
vice practice ... ... ... 653 
... Greek, Decree fixing the peace 
and war establishment of the 
army of Greece . 645 
... Horse, Holland, Trials of steel- 
bronze guns for . 665 
... batteries, Italian, Constitution 
of . 371 
... Italian, Re-organization of ... 417 
Portuguese, Description of ... 661 
... Russian field, in the war of 
1877-78 ... ... ... 292 
... Russian, Rumoured re-organi¬ 
zation of ... ... ... 371 
Russian, in the Shipka Pass... 523 
Astronomical observations, Notes on, by 
Major E. S. Gordon, R.A.539 
