. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. , Maxims, asguns. But the gun when referred to in thecourse of this article is the i8J pounderquick-firing cannon which is used by theRoyal Field Artillery. There is anotherbranch of the artillery—the Royal HorseArtillery (armed with a i,-?-pounder), andsome confusion may arise in the mind ofthe reader, unversed in the ways of theArmy, as to the difTerence between thefield and the horse. Both are, strictlyspeakine, horse artillery batteries. TheRoval Horse Artillery, which is our crackartillery, employ a gu
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. , Maxims, asguns. But the gun when referred to in thecourse of this article is the i8J pounderquick-firing cannon which is used by theRoyal Field Artillery. There is anotherbranch of the artillery—the Royal HorseArtillery (armed with a i,-?-pounder), andsome confusion may arise in the mind ofthe reader, unversed in the ways of theArmy, as to the difTerence between thefield and the horse. Both are, strictlyspeakine, horse artillery batteries. TheRoval Horse Artillery, which is our crackartillery, employ a gun which is muchliizhter than that which is to be found in 98 Kitchener s A nny. the field. The gunners are, moreover,mounted on horses, as distinct from thegunners of the Royal Field Artillery, whohave seats on the limber and carriage of thegun. The Royal Horse Artillery is in-tended for mobility and speed, and horseartillery batteries usually accompany cav-alry when they are engaged in distinctoperations. Inder the heading of Field Artillerv are included the larger guns, the howitzers andsiege guns of all kinds, used in the field. A third branch of the artillery is theGarrison Artillery. These men are, as arule, employed only on defensive fortresspositions. For instance, all the great arma-ments of Gibraltar are worked by garrisonartillerymen ; and in that fortress there areno field or horse artillery of any kind. Menof the garrison artillery are, however, occa-
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