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The New Austrian Field Guns. By Capt. J. F. Owen, R.A. (Capt. Instructor, 
Royal Gun Factories)..... 1 
Principles of Gunnery. Rifled Ordnance. By Capt. J. Sladen, R.A. 
(Professor of Artillery, R.M. Academy, Woolwich) 26, 237, 259, 361, 425,449 
Krupp’s Patent Protected Non-Recoil System. Contributed by Major 
E. Maitland, R.A... 66 
Account of an Expedition up the Bolan Pass to Khelat Territory, with Major 
Sandeman, Political Agent. By Capt. H. G. Young, R.A. (Commdt. 
No. 2 Mountain Battery, Bombay Presidency.) Part II.. 68 
Annual Report and Abstract of Proceedings of a General Meeting of the Royal 
Artillery Institution, held on May 24, 1877. Major-General C. L. 
D’Aguilar, C.B., R.A., in the chair .. 78 
Composition and Strength of a Siege Train required for the Attack of a 
Modern Fortress. (The R.A. Institution Prize Essay of 1877.) By 
Major W. Kemmis, R.A. .... 89 
Method of Arming Cliff End Battery, Isle of Wight, by Hauling the Guns up 
an inclined Tramway. By Capt. W. R. Rudge, R.A. .... 115 
On the Attack and Defence of a Position. By Capt. E. Clayton, R.A. 118 
Raising 38-ton Gun from Mud. Diary of Operations. By Capt. H. Soames, 
R.A. .... 139 
The Composition and Strength of a Siege Train required for the Attack of a 
Modem Fortress. By Colonel E. Wray, C.B., R.A... 149 
Experiments made in Russia with the “ Le Boulenge ” Telemeter. Translated 
from the Spanish by Lieut. J. C. Dalton, R.H.A.!. 170 
Shrapnel Fire. By Major S. J. Nicholson, R.H.A... 173 
Historical Notices of the Royal Artillery. By Major F. Duncan, LL.D., &c., 
Extract from Report on the Belgian Siege and Garrison Artillery. By Major 
and Bt.-Lt.-Col. H. Brackenbury, R.A., dated 9th September, 1876. 
(Communicated by the Deputy-Adjutant-General, R.A.) ... 221 
Extract from Report on the Belgian Field Artillery. By Major and Bt.-Lt.-Col. 
TI. Brackenbury, R.A., dated 16th October, 1876. (Communicated by 
the Deputy-Adjutant-General, R.A.) .... 224 
Notes on the Field Artillery of Italy. Translated from the Spanish by Lieut. 
J. C. Dalton, R.H.A. . 228 
Limbers and Wagons. By Major W. B. E. Ellis, R.A. 235 
On the Classification of Batteries of Field Artillery by Order of Merit in 
Shooting. By Capt. Hime, R.A., F.S.S. 254 
Occasional Note. By Capt. Hime, R.A.... 258 
Results of Experiments made in the Royal Carriage Department (July 1877) 
to ascertain the Relative Value, in point of Traction, of the Service, or 
Service-Modified, and the Madras Field Wheels and Axles. Communi¬ 
cated by Major W.'Kemmis, R.A.. .. ... 285 
Rocket Shells, and Artillery of the Future. By Lieut. E. N. Henriques, R.A. 292 
