372 EXTRACTS FROM THE " REVUE dArTILLERIE,” OCT. 1880 . 
EXPENDITURE OE AMMUNITION 
BY THE RUSSIAN ARMY IN THE WAR OE 1877-78. 
In tlie August number of the “ Journal dArtillerie Russe,” a very 
interesting paper on this subject appears from the pen of Major- 
General Grigoriew. The following tables are given 
Small-Arms. 
Cartridges expended. 
By the 23 divisions of infantry.. 2,984,012 ... 9,914,026 ... 22,315 
By the chasseur brigades . 1,322,346 
By the sapper brigades... (20,315)* 83,643 
Total by the infantry . 4,306,358 ... 9,997,669 ... 22,315 
Berdan. Krink. Revolver. 
By the cavalry . 1,687,610+ 108,416 131,020 
Artillery. 
Common shell. Shrapnel. Case. 
9-prs. (Pieces de 9). 92,201 ... 31,323 ... 252 
4-prs. (Pieces de 4). 41,464 ... 22,068 ... 283 
3-prs. (Pieces de 3, mountain guns) . 355 ... 382 ... 50 
Total by the artillery. 134,020 ... 52,772 ... 585 
* Cavalry cartridges. f Besides the 20,315 fired by the sappers. 
79 per cent, of the cartridges actually carried by the infantry were 
expended, and 39 per cent, of the whole of the infantry ammunition, 
including that carried by the men, and in the small-arm ammunition 
wagons. 
14 of the 23 divisions of infantry served throughout the war, the 
amount consumed by these was 94 per cent, and 47 per cent., calculated 
as above. 
The 16th division fired the greatest number—viz., 1,421,781 cart¬ 
ridges. 
The greatest consumption in any one battle was that made by the 
140th regiment at the affair of Karakhazankioi, on the 30 th August, 
1877, where 94 per rifle were fired. 
In the 23 brigades of field artillery the 9-pr. batteries fired 163 per 
cent., and the 4-prs. 79 per cent, of their regulated proportion of rounds. 
The greatest expenditure was by the 3rd battery of the 31st brigade 
of artillery at the assault of Nikopolis, which fired 180 rounds per gun. 
In the cavalry the dragoons expended 129 per cent, of the regulated 
amount carried by the men, and 64 per cent, of the whole number, 
including that thus carried, and that conveyed by the small-arm 
ammunition wagons. The greatest consumption was by the 9th 
regiment, which fired 44,449 cartridges. 
The Uhlans and Hussars expended 229 per cent., and 92 per cent., 
as above, and the maximum number was fired by the 9th Regiment of 
Uhlans, which disposed of 29,620 cartridges. 
Aldeeshot, 
28 October, 1880. 
