INDEX. 
697 
PAGE 
Bange-finding. Observations on Nolan’s 
system of . 203 
Field. Lieut. Edwards, 
K.A.202 
... School. Lieut. Edwards, 
B.A.208 
Kange-table, compiled by Maj. Tremlett, 
B.A., and used in South African War 262 • 
Bank, post, and duty of an officer com¬ 
manding B.A. in the field . 367 
Becruits, Clothing for ... ... ... 76 
Begimental necessaries, Form of demand 
for . 74 
Bepairs to clothing, Allowances for ... 100 
Bepeating carbine, Issue of, to the Bifle 
Battalion of the Guard, in Germany 416 
Bepeating rifle, Issue of, in Germany, to 
the Guards. 371 
... ... Trial of a, in Austria 622 
Bevolver, adopted for horse and field 
artillery in Holland . 345 
Bevolver gun, Hotchkiss. Comparative 
trials ... 619 
Plates repre¬ 
senting ... 672 
Bichardson, J. B. Maj. B.A. The 
Weldon range-finder ... 41 
... Letter on the Weldon 
range-finder ... ... 347 
Bifle, repeating,Trial of a, in Austria ... 622 
Billed guns, Early experiments with ... 319 
Billed ordnance, Early experiments with 319 
Boberts, F., Capt. B.A. Description of 
a proposed range-finder ... ... 365 
Boch, T. J., Capt. B.A. The French in 
Africa ... 667 
... ... Tactics of the 
three arms of 
the service 639 
Bogelje, Capture of . 28 
Boll, Care required in keeping ... ... 87 
Bussell, A. H., Lieut. U.S.A. Bemarks 
on the Weldon range-finder. 631 
Bussia, Ammunition expended by the 
army of, in war of 1877-78 ... 372 
... Mode of preserving guns from 
rust . ... 603 
... New rules for competitive prac¬ 
tice ... ... ... ... 637 
... Organization of the Bussian 
reserve troop ... ... ... 649 
... Beports on experiments with 
armour - piercing projectile 
491, 492, 496 
... Bumoured re-organization of 
Bussian field artillery ... 371 
Bussian artillery. Design for a new gun 496 
... ... Besult of delibera¬ 
tions respecting 
guns . ibid. 
... in the Shipka Pass... 523 
Bussian field artillery in the war of 
1877-78 ._ . 292 
Bussian Small-arm Magazine, Extracts 
from .603 
Busso-Turkish war, Bemarks on ... 650 
Bust, Bussian mode of preserving guns 
from .603 
S. 
Schkarewitsch,Lt.-Col. The organization 
and employment of garrison artillery 389 
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School of range-finding, suggested by 
Lieut. Edwards, B.A. 208 
Sea Forts, decision to protect with walls 
of iron ... ... ... 320 
Description of, and plates for 338 
... Turrets on . 341 
Sea kit necessaries, Form of demand for 76 
Secocoeni, Campaign against . 254 
Serajevo, Account of capture of ... 28 
Shell on mud walls, Effect of . 623 
Shells, Belative value of, in battle, by 
Col. W. J. Williams, B.A. ... ... 118 
Shere Ali’s army, Armament of, by Lt.- 
Col. S. Parry, B.H.A. 140 
Shergadra Heights, Account of attack on 32 
Withdrawal from ... 36 
... ... ammunition expended ibid . 
Sherpur fortress, Description of. 143 
Shields of boiler plates, Besult of experi¬ 
ments with ... 319 
... rolled iron do do ibid. 
Shipka Pass, Diary of a Bussian artillery¬ 
man in the .523 
Ships’ decks, Experiments with shot and 
shell upon .325 
Ships’ targets, Early experiments with... 319 
Shoeburyness, Masonry casements at ... 320 
Shrapnel, Description of... ... ... 311 
Shrapnel fire, Effects of, considered, by 
Col. W. J. Williams, B.A. 118 
Siege attack, Time to arm against ... 390 
Sight for Vetterli rifle in Italy. 346 
Slade, F. G., Lieut. B.A. Professional 
notes made during South African war, 
1878-9 .. 253 
Sladen, Maj. B.A. Bemarks on Capt. C. 
Orde Browne’s report on Krupp’s 
Meppen experiments. 287 
Small arms, Shooting properties of ... 1 
Smith, W. O., Capt. B.A. Eeport of 
experimental practice on the walls of 
Kandahar .627 
Smythe, W. J., General. Bemarks on 
Capt. C. Orde Browne’s report of 
Krupp’s Meppen experiments ... 289 
South African war of 1878-9, Profes¬ 
sional notes by Lieut. Slade, B.A. ... 253 
Spitbank Fort, Description of. 339 
Squad drill in the Swiss army, Notes on 420 
Steel-bronze guns, Holland, Trials of ... 665 
Steel gun, Krupp’s, Experiments on ... 271 
Steel plates, Besult of early trials of ... 321 
... Italian experiments with ... 329 
Steel and compound armour targets, Ex¬ 
periments with.328 
Stock book, for daily record of transac¬ 
tions . 91 
Stone-wall fort at Camp Thull, Des¬ 
cription of . ... 672 
Stoney, F. S., Maj. B.A. Bemarks on 
Capt. C. Orde Browne’s report on 
Krupp’s Meppen experiments ... 287 
Subaltern officers, Duties of, by Lieut. 
A. M. Murray, 
B. H.A.373 
... Observations on, by 
Lieut. B. F. John¬ 
son, B.A. 605 
Supply and transport of light artillery 
ammunition, by Major W. B. E. Ellis, 
B.A.199 
Surplus clothing, Bemarks on. 73 
Swiss army, Elementary squad drill in 
the .420 
