SHORT NOTES ON PROFESSIONAL SUBJECTS. 
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12-Pounders. Range, 1,200 Yards. 
SHRAPNEL. 
COMMON. 
SEGMENT. 
Special percussion fuzes. 
C.F.S. percussion (Freeth). 
C.F.S. percussion (Freeth). 
2 rounds fired, of which— 
1 burst on parapet after graze, 1 
killed and 1 wounded, 
1 hit parapet and broke up, did 
not burst, 2 killed. 
Result— 
3 killed, 
1 wounded. 
6 rounds fired, of which— 
1 burst at base of parapet, breech 
made 4' wide, 1 killed, 
1 burst on parapet after graze, 
breech made 3' wide, 8" deep, 
1 killed. 
Result— 
2 killed. 
9 rounds fired, of which— 
1 burst in parapet, breech made 
2' 6" wide, V deep, 2 killed, 
1 burst over parapet, after graze, 
nil, 
1 burst on graze 10 yards short, 
1 killed, 
1 blind, short, 
1 broke on graze short. 
Result— 
4 killed.* 
* 1 by a blind shell en ricochet . 
1). Hasty trench thrown up in 26 minutes, 4' wide V 3" deep, for two ranks 
kneeling (represented by dummies) 12 file. 
12-Pounders. Range, 1,200 Yards. 
SHRAPNEL. 
SEGMENT. 
COMMON. 
Wood time fuze. 
C.F.S. fuze. 
C.F.S. fuze. 
12 rounds fired, of which— 
2 burst beyond, 
2 blind, 
8 burst in front from 5]J;o 90 
short. 
Result— 
3 killed, 
3 wounded. 
7 rounds fired, of which— 
1 broke up, 
2 burst on graze in front, 
2 ,, beyond, 
2 burst in the parapet, breeches 
2' wide 1' 6" deep, and 3' wide 
1' deep. 
Result— 
7 killed by the two rounds only 
that burst in the parapet. 
12 rounds fired, of which— 
4 blind,* 
3 burst in or about the parapet, 
2 burst on graze beyond, 
3 burst on graze in front (no 
effects). 
Result— 
7 killed, 
1 wounded. 
c. Portion of a parallel, thrown up in hours, 6' wide, 2' 6" deep; 
intended for two ranks standing. 
12-Pounders. Common Shell, C.F.S. Fuzes. 
10 rounds fired, of which only one struck the parapet, making a breech 
3' wide, V 6" deep.f 
Result of this shell were— 
2 killed. 
1 wounded. 
Of the rest, 6 were premature, 
and 3 were blind. 
Opinions and Recommendations of Committee. 
1. The retention in the service of the segment as a percussion shell, conditional 
upon a reliable percussion fuze being provided for it. 
2. The introduction of the shrapnel as a time shell, to be used with the Boxer 
wood time fuze. 
3. That in the future equipment of field artillery, the proportion of shells should 
be 40 per cent, of shrapnel to 60 per cent, of segment. 
4. The withdrawal from the service of 12-pr. and 9-pr. common shells. 
*1 of these passed through the parapet and killed 1 man. 
t During this practice the vent-piece of one of the 12-pounders split in half. 
