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BOMBAY. 
Tux following extracts from the General Report of the practice in the R.A. Poona 
Circle for the season of 1894- 95, though reproduced somewhat late in the year 
are full of interest; their publication has been delayed in the hope of receiving 
similar reports from Bengal and Madras :— 
wit,arat An experiment was tried to utilize more artillery fire when in action behind 
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Geen On COVE, and also to enable guns to withdraw from a position when the enemy 
anthem. has been re-inforced, or the batteries troubled by advancing skirmishers during 
pongeested the artillery duel. 
W.Lane,R.A, Tt was found that with the addition of a wooden movable continuation bar for 
each gun, put on the ordinary deflection leaf, for the occasion, that the fire can be 
concentrated very successfully from behind cover with ease and accuracy. 
The manner in which these experiments were carried out, was as follows :— 
BrigapDE Division. 
Range and concentrate under cover. 
All batteries place pickets lined on to the object, so that distribution can 
commence at first round. 
Batteries then come up and take up their positions independently and come into 
action, elevation being given by clinometer or Scott’s Sight. 
Centre battery finds ‘the range (the Commanding Officer placing himself to a 
flank and keeping up communication with his battery) ; this is communicated to the 
flank batteries, who verify with 3 rounds each to get a bracket. 
Centre battery also gets fuze and communicates this to batteries (Captain up 
with centre battery to carry on), then all take up slow fire 25’ intervals, and on 
order to concentrate, the number of minutes or division of deflection on con- 
tinuation bar will be ordered; but flank batteries must, on concentration, increase 
their range themselves over range found by 50 yards at medium yanges. . 
A Brigade Division being overwhelmed by a re-enforced enemy, or attacked by 
skirmishers when in action. 
Three Batteries come into action on ridge and each finds its own range on 
opposing guns, each gun placing out 2 pickets in rear for line. The centre 
battery retires and gets into action, laying forward on pickets and using clino- 
meter elevation; it commences firing directly the flank batteries come into action 
with it, and each battery verifies with four rounds. The Commanning Officer of 
the centre battery will be on the flank and keep up communication with Battery 
(Captain to come up and carry on), then gives elevation and fuze to flank batteries 
who get the order as to number of Divisions on continuation bar required to 
concentrate on centre batteries. Then all take up slow fire. 
Flank Batteries must remember to give 50 yards more elevation on concentra- 
tion being ordered. 
90 per cent. of the shell fell in the Battery concentrated on. As few rounds as 
possible were used to carry them out as ammunition was scarce. 
The cost of addition of the wooden movable bar to the present tangent scale is 
very small, and all that is required is simply to put the bar on or take it off the 
tangent scale when RAMU, gg gg oui 
Reconnais- The Reconnaissance class consisted of two selected men from each of the five 
sauce. batteries, and the following rules were drawn up :— 
1. The scouts are not to proceed in any direction more than one mile from 
the Batteries in open and half a mile in enclosed country (except 
under special instructions), and they must never lose touch of the 
Batteries. 
