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GOLD MEDAL PRIZE ESSAY, 1879 . 
objects The objects above stated appear to be more likely to be attained by 
taSnedby dispersing the mitrailleurs among the batteries, where they can be 
miSSur 1 ma de completely subservient to the needs of the battery and are wholly 
battery under the battery commander, than by placing them in separate 
batteries, which would rarely be able to carry out these tactics success¬ 
fully from the difficulty which would often be experienced of finding 
the requisite cover close to a line of guns, and from the fact that their 
comparatively short range would prevent their effective fire sweeping 
the whole front of a mass of 8 or 10 batteries. 
