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ARTILLERY USED IN RECENT CAMPAIGNS IN 
EGYPT AND ITS EFEECTS. 
A Discussion held at the Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich, on Tuesday, 29th Nov., 1898. 
Lieut.-General Sir H. Brackenbury, K.C.B., K.C.S.I., 
Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery, 
President of the Ordnance Committee, in the Chair. 
T HE Chairman :—General Maurice, and gentlemen, I am very glad 
to see so many officers present here to-day and I hope we shall have 
a really interesting discussion. There were live different classes of 
equipment in action in the recent campaign in Egypt: the 5-inch 
Howitzer under Lieut.-Colonel Elmslie, whom I congratulate on being 
Lieut.-Colouel (applause) : the 32nd Field Battery with our own 15-pr.; 
the Egyptian Horse Artillery Battery under Major Young; the 
Maxim-Nordenfeldt guns, and the Maxims. I think the best way to 
conduct this discussion will be to deal with each of those classes of 
equipment separately. As the matter originated with Colonel Elmslie^s 
lecture I would propose to begin by asking him to tell us anything he 
can that will be of interest to us as Artillery officers as regards the 
performance of his Howitzers; then anyone who wishes to ask any 
questions or to make any remarks on what Lieut.-Colonel Elmslie has 
said should do so. I will then say anything I have to say, and then 
we will pass on to the next equipment and so on. Then finally, if 
necessary, we can have a general discussion on general points, includ¬ 
ing the tactical points, if anyone would like to say anything upon 
them. 
I think there must be some present here to-day who are not familiar 
with the 5-inch Howitzer equipment, and I will ask Lieut.-Colonel 
Elmslie if he will just state generally the chief points of that equip¬ 
ment,—I shall be glad even to refresh my own memory about them,— 
telling us for instance what was the weight behind the team, how 
they were drawn, how they behaved on the march, how they behaved 
in action, how the guns were laid, what rate of fire he had from 
them, what the fuzes were, and generally any points of interest that 
can be brought to our knowledge in connection with the Howitzer 
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