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tunities to report to the brigade division commander as to the condition of the 
échelon in regard to ammunition and spare men and horses. 
(47.) The brigade division commander is expected to :— 
(i.) Regulate his rate of fire according to the progress of the action and the 
supply of ammunition. 
(ii.) To place his échelon of wagons at the disposal of a battery commander, 
who may be detached from his brigade division. 
(ui.) To provide for the wants of a battery that may not belong to his brigade 
division but is contiguous to it. 
(iv.) To send orders relative to changes of position in time to the com- 
mander of the échelon, and if he can manage it to the commander of 
the Ammunition Column. 
(48.) When the commander of an Ammunition Column has arrived on the 
position which he has been ordered to occupy, he is to send to the officer, under 
whose orders he has been placed, a connecting file, who will remain near that 
officer ; he is also to take all possible steps to ensure his connection with the 
brigade division échelons which he will have to supply. 
