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Colonel Gardner gives six examples of actual practice. 
25 / 5 / 60....32-pr. 50 cwt. 
8- in. 52 cwt. 
19 / 8 / 61.... 24-pr. howitzer. 
9- pr. 
20 / 3 / 61....24-pr. howitzer. 
9-pr. 
20/4 / 63....24-pr. howitzer. 
24-pr. ., 
24/4 / 63....24-pr. howitzer. 
24-pr. „ 
28 / 5 63....68-pr. 95 cwt. 
32-pr. 
During this practice, which was as rapid as possible, the guns were dis¬ 
mounted and mounted, limbered up and unlimbered, wheels were shifted, 
and the detachments changed round, each operation four or five times. 
Range. Rounds. Target. 
Hits. 
1200 151 
„ 15] 
• 9 ft. x 18 ft. j 
• 1087 
6 ft. x 6ft.l0in. 
800 161 
> column. 1 
j 464 
„ 16 J 
f 15 yards. J 
apart. 
1000 221 
„ 22^ 
| 6 ft. x 72 ft. | 
j 806 
800 271 
„ 27, 
| 10 ft. x 60 ft. 1 
| 1373 
700 20 
6 ft. X18 ft. 
196* 
„ 20 
6 ft. X 18 ft. 
98 
900 10 
6 ft. X18 ft. 
517 
„ 10 
6 ft. X18 ft. 
708 
* And two shells through. 
