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Title: Report of the British naval and military operations in Egypt, 1882
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Goodrich, Caspar F. (Caspar Frederick), 1847-1925
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Publisher: Washington, Gov't print. off.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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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 by the battery mules
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First gun mule. Lbs. Oz. Chase and trunnions of the gun 200 0 Canvas apron Leather cap (on gun) 4 8 Gun cradle, with straps 20 8 2 wooden gun bearers 7 4 Saddle and bridle 19 0 Picketing chain 2 8 Nose-bag 2 8 Spare shoes and nails 1 10 Tarpaulin, 6 by 4 feet 6 0 Surcingle 1 0 Total 264 14 318 »> <©N &

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