SHORT NOTES ON PROFESSIONAL SUBJECTS, 
9 
Total consumption of ammunition :— 
f Common shell ... 
4-pr. R. 22,548.J Grape . 
(.Shell*. 
/'Common shell ... 
6-pr. r. 8,663 . j ::::::::: 
1 Shell*. 
("Common shell ... 
12-pr. S.B. 4,988 ... < Grape . 
(. Shrapnel . 
22,061 
78 
409 
7,692 
9 
864 
198 
4,130 
124 
734 
Lieut.-Colonel Keilly points out that “ we cannot, as regards the artillery reserve 
#ny more than as regards the infantry, judge of the capabilities of the ammunition 
columns for keeping up the supply,” as the reserve ammunition was never called 
upon in action. 
14. Loss of men in the Prussian army during the campaign of 1866 :— 
Strength of armies invading Bohemia,—-293,145 men of all ranks. 
Loss at Koniggratz :— Officers. Men. 
Killed . 75 1097 
Wounded ... 249 6455 
Contused. 3 1817 
327 9369 or about ^ of those engaged-! 
Total loss in action during the war :— 
Killed . 2,910-) 
Wounded 15,554 £ Total 21,486. 
Contused... 3,022 j 
15. The new Trench rifled guns for sea service. The Heme Maritime et 
Coloniale for February gives particulars of the new breech-loading guns of the French 
navy, accompanied by four engravings: some of the dimensions appear in the last 
edition of the “ Handbook,” at p. 329, but the following are more exact. 
French breech-loading guns, 1866 . 
Canon de *27 
raye. 
Canon de *24 
raye. 
Canon de *19 
raye. 
Canon de *16 
raye. 
Diameter of bore. 
10*82 in. 
9*45 in. 
7*64 in. 
6*48 in. 
Diameter of breech . 
44*6 in. 
38-6 in. 
30*4 in. 
24-9 in. 
Total length . 
15 ft. 3 in. 
14 ft. 11 in. 
12 ft. 6 in. 
lift. lin. 
Weight . 
211. 13 c. 
13 t. 16 c. 
7t. 17*6 c. 
41.18-5 c. 
Charge (ordinary) . 
Weight of common shot. 
53 lbs. 
35*3 lbs. 
17-6 lbs. 
11*0 lbs. 
310 lbs. 
220 lbs. 
115 lbs. 
69-5 lbs. 
No. of grooves. 
5 
5 
3 
Range at 2° . 
1094 yds. 
984 yds. 
1039 yds. 
,, 10° ... 
3937 yds. 
3642 yds. 
3827 yds. 
// 35° . 
8525 yds. 
7650 yds. 
7924 yds. 
Effective range against iron¬ 
clads said to be . 
1000—2000 
800 
500 
With battering charge. 
66-2 lbs. 
41-1 lbs. 
27-5 lbs. 
16*5 lbs. 
Battering shot .... 
476 lbs. 
317 lbs. 
165 lbs. 
99 lbs. 
These pieces are all of cast-iron of great length, strengthened externally by steel 
hoops as far as the trunnions, which are unusually far back. The twist is in every 
* Fire ball. 
f Lieut.-Colonel Reilly gives the following for comparison 
Losses of victors at 
Waterloo . 1 
Borodino . ^ 
Talavera . f 
Marengo . ^ 
Inkermann ... A 
Magenta ...") r 
Solferino ...) Tl 
Koniggratz ... ^ 
