542 CASUALLY RETURNS OF TIM GERMAN ARTILLERY. 
ment of our requirements therefrom. We have seen that even under 
the most exceptional circuinstances of the same batteries being engaged 
in three consecutive battles, each of which has been supposed to reach 
the highest record in casualties under the particular head we are con- 
sidering—the cumulative loss in gun-carriages would only amount to 1 
in 15 batteries: against this take the battle of Gravelotte, in which 2 
gun-carriages were disabled in a total of 115 batteries ; suppose that 
these gun-carriages were disabled in two batteries of the same Brigade 
Division (which was not the case), it is obvious that the fact of no 
other Brigade Division requiring the spare gun-carriage from its 
ammunition column, would not be of any immediate benefit to the 
Brigade Division in which two gun-carriages were disabled; should 
we be justified then in assuming that each battery should have a spare 
gun-carriage with its own line of wagons? I think not. The absurdity 
of adding 115 spare gun-carriages to the column of route, in order 
that such a case as I have depicted should be met immediately, needs 
no argument. A proportion of 1 spare gun-carriage per Brigade 
Division with the ammunition columns is, I think, a most liberal 
proportion, and may be considered as quite sufficiently near the 
batteries to meet requirements within reasonable time. 
The same line of argument applies with more or less force as regards 
wheels and poles. It will now be interesting to analyse the average 
casualties per battery in the Horse and Field Artillery respectively, in 
order to see whether there are any appreciable ditferences between the 
casualties in each branch ; to what extent such differences, if any, are 
repeated in each battle ; and to what causes they may be attributed. 
Taste III. 
Average casualties per battery of Horse and Field Artillery respectively. 
Shell Case Men Horses | Wheels} Poles Total number of 
batteries 
g |x elefeglizlgizi/e|s 
Se Male salce BS] Ee iS] 8 |S] 8 |S] Howe | Field 
battles cf— a | & oli (elo | ele | is 
Colombey  ...J 127} 1049... |-3 | 2 4 | 7)°33 |:015 6 20 
Mars-la-Tour ...| 792 | 460 § °75 | -45] 24 |18 543-5 214-125 |-414. 2 8 29 
Gravelotte ...] 810/207]... |-21] 12 | 7 | 265 | 12}-29 |-34 fos | ol] 22 94. 
“Mean for the 2 410 | 9874-25 |-32} 13 |10 | 24 | 13]-215 |-256|-017| -07 
8 battles J i | 
From the foregoing it appears that Horse Artillery may be expected 
to expend from one-fourth to one-third more ammunition than Field 
Artillery ; probably owing to the fact that the more mobile branch 
gets earlier on the scene of action in an offensive fight, and con- 
sequently has the opportunity of remaining longer in action: it is 
therefore of even greater importance for the reserve ammunition of 
the Horse Artillery to be up early in the day than it is for that of the 
