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SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN, 1878-9. 
Axletree- 
ar,ms. 
Limber 
boxes. 
Fuzes and 
rockets. 
Case shot. 
Wheels. 
Range table. 
The clinometers were carried in leather cases on the waist-belts of 
the Nos. 1 of sub-divisions. 
4. The axletree-arms of the Kaffrarian carriages are too light, 
and bent very easily when travelling over rough ground. They were 
frequently set to the proper angle by the farriers, when great difficulty 
was found in removing the axletree, on account of the quantity of 
bolts securing it to the bed. 
5. The bottoms of the limber boxes are not of sufficient strength, 
the shells in one instance falling through. 
6. The 9-secs. Boxer time fuzes and the rockets (9-pr. Hale's) 
invariably burnt short. I attribute this to the climate of S. Africa. 
7. The number of rounds of case shot carried is insufficient. 
8. The wood work of the wheels supplied with the Kaffrarian 
carriages and limbers shrunk very much, causing the spokes to fit 
loose in the gun-metal nave, and the felloes to open out and shrink 
away from the tire. All the wheels of my division had to be taken 
to pieces and re-made. 
The following range table was compiled, after careful practice, under 
the supervision of Major Tremlett, It. A., previous to the outbreak of 
the Zulu war, and was found throughout to be most correct. It will 
be seen that it differs considerably from that issued with the gun :— 
Range. 
Elevation. 
Length of 
yds. 
O 
' 
fuze. 
400 
0 
42 
2-0 
500 
1 
00 
2-5 
600 
1 
20 
3-0 
700 
1 
40 
4-0 
800 
2 
00 
4’5 
900 
2 
20 
5-0 
1000 
2 
40 
55 
1100 
3 
10 
6-0 
1200 
3 
30 
7T 
Range. 
Elevation. 
Length of 
yds. 
O 
fuze. 
1300 
3 
55 
8-0 
1400 
4 
15 
8-5 
1500 
4 
45 
9-0 
1600 
5 
15 
10-0 
1700 
5 
45 
11-0 
1800 
6 
15 
12-0 
1900 
6 
45 
13-0 
2000 
7 
15 
14-0 
