SHORT NOTES ON PROFESSIONAL SUBJECTS. 
115 
Common Shells. 
Fuze. 
Number 
fired. 
| Blind. 
Broke. 
Premature. 
12-pr. 
9-pr. 
12-pr. 
9-pr. 
12-pr. 
9-pr. 
12-pr. 
9-pr. 
F time and C.F.S. (Freeth) ... 
- 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
C.F.S. (Freeth) . 
68 
16 
10 
_ 
1 
1 
10 
2 
Elswick percussion . 
1 
1 
— 
— 
' — 
— 
— 
Wood time. 
39 
15 
13 
4 
— 
- 
- 
- 
Total . 
108 
41 
23 
4 
1 
1 
10 
4 
Shrapnel Shells. 
Fuze. 
Number 
fired. 
Blind. 
Broke. 
Premature. 
12-pr. 
9-pr. 
12-pr. 
9-pr. 
12-pr. 
9-pr. 
12-pr. 
9-pr. 
Wood time .. 
346 
289 
35 
22 
- 
8 
- 
1 
Special percussion (Boxer)... 
52 
1 17 
- 
2 
7 
~ 
- 
- 
Total . .... 
398 
306 
35 
24 
7 
8 
— 
1 
Abstract of Experiments with various natures of Field Entrenchments. 
1 .^Gun Pits. 
A pit is intended to give cover to one gun and its detachment, and can be thrown up by 7 men in an 
hour. Two pits were made, ancl a roughly constructed model of a field gun, and six dummies to represent 
the detacement, placed in each. 
Experiment 1. 
12-pounders. range, 930 Yards. 
SHRAPNEL. 
SEGMENT. 
COMMON. 
Wood time fuze. 
F time and C.F.S. percussion 
(Freeth.) 
Wood time fuze. 
12 rounds fired, of which— 
2 blind (over), 
1 fuze blew (120 yards under), 
6 burst (beyond), 
3 from 15 to 120 short. 
Result— 
2 killed, 
2 wounded (by same bullet). 
Gun and carriage not touched. 
12 rounds fired, of which— 
1 burst in pit, 
1 beyond, 
10 burst from 5 to 150 short. 
Result— 
3 killed, 
1 wounded. 
Gun and carriage marked by 
splinters. 
3.2 rounds fired. 
The only shell that did damage 
was the 8th, which burst in the 
tire of gun-wheel, smashing it. 
Result— 
2 killed, 
2 wounded* 
One shell buried in parapet, but 
did not burst. 
Note. —There was some little uncertainty as to the range this day. 
