Report of the British naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882 . captain, 4 lieutenants, 1 surgeon, 1 veterinary surgeon, 1 quartermas-ter, 9 officers, and 320 nou commissioned officers and men. Its equipment was Gl horses, 10 pontoon wagons, and 20 carts (insteadof 243 horses, 20]pontoon wagons, 4 trestle wagons, 6 store wagons), and1J forge-cart, besides Berthons collapsible boats and Blanchards pon-toonsfor three bridges each. The pontoon bridge is formed of pontoons kept at 15 feet central in-tervals by balks fitting on to saddles resting on central saddle-beams. The number of balks us
Report of the British naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882 . captain, 4 lieutenants, 1 surgeon, 1 veterinary surgeon, 1 quartermas-ter, 9 officers, and 320 nou commissioned officers and men. Its equipment was Gl horses, 10 pontoon wagons, and 20 carts (insteadof 243 horses, 20]pontoon wagons, 4 trestle wagons, 6 store wagons), and1J forge-cart, besides Berthons collapsible boats and Blanchards pon-toonsfor three bridges each. The pontoon bridge is formed of pontoons kept at 15 feet central in-tervals by balks fitting on to saddles resting on central saddle-beams. The number of balks used is five for the advanced bridge and ninefor the heavy bridge for siege artillery; they support chesses, whichare kept in position by a riband on each side, racked down by rack-lashings to the outer balk, and leaving a clear roadway of 9 feet. It was calculated that the pontoons should not be immersed to within 254 1 foot from the tops of their coamings when carrying their ordinaryloads of infantry in marching order in fours crowded at a check, or car- Inches IS 6 o 1 2 6 7 8 9 lO 41 l2J*mt, Weigtt 7 curt.
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