Category: History - British
25. The Battalion in line changes position by breaking into open column, marching up in column to the point where its head is to remain, and entering the line by the flank march of Companies 28
25. The Battalion in line changes position by breaking into open column, marching up in column to the point where its head is to remain, and entering the line by the flank march...
2. PART II.3. PART III.4. PART IV.5. PART V.6. PART VI.FIELD BATTERY EXERCISE. DETAIL FOR ACTIVE SERVICE OF 9 PR. TROOP OF HORSE ARTILLERY, 9 PR. FIELD BATTERY, 18 PR. FIELD BATTERY, 32 PR. HOWITZER FIELD BATTERY, GUN AND SMALL ARM...
7. PART VII.8. PART VIII.9. PART IX.10. PART X.11. PART XI.12. PART XII.13. PART I.Barrel {Length 3 ft. 3 in. {Diameter of bore ·753 inch. Musket {Length 4 ft. 7 in. {Weight 10 lb. 2 oz. Bayonet {Length beyond muzzle 1 ft. 5½ in. {Weight 1 lb. 1 oz. Arm comple...
14. PART II.Present arms. Shoulder arms. Order arms. Shoulder arms. Slope arms. Stand at ease. Attention. Carry arms. Trail arms. Shoulder arms. Order arms. Trail arms. Order arms. Fix bayo...
15. PART III.The metal is made thicker towards the breech than at the muzzle, to strengthen the piece, for the elastic force of the Gunpowder is there greatest, and diminishes in power as th...
16. PART IV.+----------------------------------++----------------------------------+ | SOLID SHOT. || COMMON CASE SHOT. | +--------+-----------+-------------++--------+-----------+---------...
17. PART V.Smoke balls are fired from mortars to suffocate the men in mines, &c., or to prevent them continuing their work. They are also used to conceal manœuvres, &c., from an enemy.
18. PART VI.1. FORM THE ORDER OF MARCH. | _Nos. 1._ Right face. Double march. 2. FORM THE ORDER OF MARCH. | _Nos. 1._ Left face. Double march. 3. DETACHMENTS REAR. | _Nos. 1._ Right about f...
19. PART I.—_Article 1.—Telling off the Detachments.A gun detachment being drawn up in line, two deep, No. 1 is the right hand man of the front rank; No. 2 is the right hand man of the rear rank; and No. 3 his front rank man; and...
20. PART 2.—_Article 1.The lever is of essential use in the service of artillery. When it is 6 feet long, and 3½ inches square at the large end, called _the point_, it is termed a handspike. The great...
21. PART VIII.By the Parabolic Theory, the greatest range is when the angle of elevation is 45°, or half a right angle; and the ranges are equal at angles, equally above, and below 45°. In pr...
22. PART IX._An elevated battery_ has its whole parapet raised above the natural surface of the ground, and, to procure the mass of earth required, a ditch is usually dug directly in front...
23. PART X.Then take the difference of these two products, or weight, and it will be the weight one piece of timber will support without sinking. _Hence by Proportion_, the number required...
24. PART XI.When the case has been properly finished, and the end secured with strong twine, ram in a little dry clay, then put in a small quantity of corned powder, and over this a small p...
25. PART XII._Reduction_ is the method of converting numbers from one name, or denomination to another: or the method of finding the value of a quantity in terms of some other higher, or low...