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INDEX. 
A. 
621 
Alloy for bullets ... ... • •• • •• 
Ammunition and combustible stores for 
siege train ... ... ••• 160 
Ammunition for field artillery. 518 
for new Austrian field guns 9 
for siege purposes... 158, 442 
necessary for siege train... 104 
Supply of, in the field 
wagon and limber for Aus¬ 
trian field guns... 
Annual report of R.A. Institution 1876-7 
1877- 8 
1878- 9 
530 
Armament of gunners .. 
of siege batteries . 
Armour-plates, Materials used for 
Arms of personnel ... . 
Artillery, Belgian siege and garrison, 
Extract from Lieut.-Col. H. 
Brackenbury’s report upon 
defence . 
fire, Notes on.. 
in masses, Employment of ... 
in the attack of a position ... 
siege, Notes on the organisa- 
and employment of 
tactics (Russian) during the 
campaign of 1877-8 
Asia Minor, Russo-Turkisb war of 1877 
in ... ••• ••• 388, 
Assaulting parties, Duties of artillerymen 
in 
Attack and defence of a position, by 
Capt. E. Clayton, R.A. 
of a fortress, Conditions neces¬ 
sary for the ... 
of a position, Horse artillery in 
the 
of field artillery. 
Austrian field guns, by Capt. J. E. 
Owen, R.A. .. 
field guns. Table of dimen¬ 
sions, &c. ... 
... R.B.L. (15 cm ) 6-in. siege gun 
of bronze-steel, by Major 
J. E. Owen, R.A.. 
19 
78 
350 
547 
631 
538 
455 
674 
221 
343 
441 
347 
120 
433 
379 
466 
546 
118 
90 
322 
342 
415 
B. 
Bashforth, E., B.D., on the motion of 
projectiles ... ... ••• 271 
Battering powers of siege guns. Table 
showing how they may by increased 153 
Belgian field artillery, Extract from a 
report upon, by Lieut.-Col. 
H. Brackenbury, R.A. ... 224 
siege and garrison artillery, 
Extract from a report upon.. 221 
Bolan Pass to TClielat Territory, Account 
of an expedition up the, by Capt. 
H. Gr. Young, R.A. 68 
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Brackenbury, H., Lt.-Col. R.A., Extract 
from a report on the Belgian siege and 
garrison artillery, by ... ... ... 221 
Brancker, W. Gr., Major R.A., Employ¬ 
ment of field artillery in connection 
with the other arms, translated by ... 340 
Breech-closing arrangement of Austrian 
field guns ... ... ... ... 5 
Breaching experiments at Graudenz, 
1873 . 96 
... Various methods of... ... 436 
Bronze-steel 6-in. R.B.L. siege gun, 
Description of the new Austrian ... 415 
Bullets, Alloy for ... ... ... ... 521 
C. 
Calibre of field guns, The result of 
varying the ... ... ... ... 60 
Camp equipment for seige trains .. 166 
Carriage, New iron field, for long-range 
guns... ■ ... ... ... 297 
for new Austrian field guns... 14 
Carriages, Elevated wheeled, for siege 
purposes. 156 
for siege purposes ... ... 444 
for siege train ordnance ... 108 
for siege train purposes ... 154 
Case shot, Proposed improvements in 525 
Cash account form for a garrison battery 504 
Casting of the 100-ton gun at Turin ... 447 
Cavalry, Employment of horse artillery 
with ... ... ... ... 347 
... in combination with horse ar¬ 
tillery . 333 
in connection with horse artil¬ 
lery .... 316 
Chamber of gun, Diameter of, and cubic 
space occupied by the charge... ... 60 
Charge of gun, Cubic space occupied by 60 
Chronoscope, Noble, Experiments with 50 
Classification of batteries of field artillery 
by order of merit in shooting... ... 254 
Clayton, E., Capt. R.A., on the attack 
and defence of a position ... ... 118 
Cleeveland, S., Lt.-Col., History of Royal 
Artillery, by ... ... ... ... 549 
Cliff End Battery, Isle of Wight, Method 
of arming, by hauling guns up an 
inclined tramway ... ... ... 115 
Common shell, Improvements in ... 522 
Counterstrokes in the defence of a posi¬ 
tion, When, where, and howto deliver 133 
Corps artillery, Duties assigned to 322, 338 
Crotton, R. M., Lieut. R.A., Diary of 
work carried on with the 38-ton gun 
for St. Lazarus’ Bastion, Malta, by ... 617 
Crusher guage, Description of ... ... 51 
Curves of pressure and velocity with 
pebble and R.L.G. powders. 52 
