Report of the British naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882 . -Fry. Case Stirapn e?. Section <n xvith Li,-< i Ammunition boxes—leather. mules for the first line, the loads being distributed among them as fol-lows : Muzzle portion first mule. Breech portion second mule. Carriage third mule. Axle, coupling block, trunnion guard, elevating gear, and two store-boxes fourth mule. Wheels fifth mule. 6 ammunition boxes sixth mule. In each box were five shrapnel, two shell, and one canister, and eightcharges, making, with those carried on fourth mule, fifty-
Report of the British naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882 . -Fry. Case Stirapn e?. Section <n xvith Li,-< i Ammunition boxes—leather. mules for the first line, the loads being distributed among them as fol-lows : Muzzle portion first mule. Breech portion second mule. Carriage third mule. Axle, coupling block, trunnion guard, elevating gear, and two store-boxes fourth mule. Wheels fifth mule. 6 ammunition boxes sixth mule. In each box were five shrapnel, two shell, and one canister, and eightcharges, making, with those carried on fourth mule, fifty-two roundswith the piece. In action each gun is attended by a second line of five saddled mulesas reliefs to the first five enumerated above, of three more mules carry-ing a reserve of forty-eight rounds of ammunition, and four spare mules,one of which is saddled as a spare-ammunition mule. Altogether, eachgun requires eighteen mules in the fighting lines. A pioneer mule accompanies each subdivision (pair) of guns, and threeothers are loaded with tools of various kinds. 317The following is the detail of the weights carried
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