The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-09-08

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series of three shots, one is planted
at the original spot aimed at then
the gun DIVORCES slightly to the left
and plants second shot, then third
on the right. A further infinement OF
this automatice movement is search
and sweep in very rapid firing by
which an area of 600 by 200 meters
is covered with forty or fifty shrap-
nelsnel shells, releasing rain Of
bullets. The result of this fire is
that, automatically calculated, 10.
per cent of the men and rs per cent
Of the horses in the area and not un-
der cover should be hit by separate
bullets. But all the work Of the gun
however excellent in itself, depends
on the gunner.
The drill of the French artillery
has time and again been pronounced
by American and other experts as
matchless In quality. Their light
guns can be run anywhere across
country, up hill and down dale at a
10 mile gallop, numbered and fired
In the most unexpected places. The
French have tried to follow the old
dictum Of Napoleon: when once the
fight has begun the man who can
bring up an unexpected force of ar
tillery is sure to carry the day" In
action, the indirect method of fir.
ing. which has been widely copied
by other nations is applied. A gun is
sheltered behind some hill or else In
the ground, or even in ditch, where
its smokeless powder will not betray
1t to opposing artillery. Then bat
terry officer climbs to the hill top,
gauges the position of the enemy and
signals first shot at a certain
range. II, with his field glasses. he
sees 1t fall true, firing is continued
for short period. Next before enc
my's guns locate the battery, 1t is
raced off to n new position. In mass
firing, aeroplanes locate the enemy
and signal his position. According to
those intimately acquainted with
these guns. no body of men once
sighted at even distance Of five or
six miles is safe from annihiliation.
The heavy losses in the Balkan
war, where older types Of these guns
were in action against Turks eii-
ploying German guns and gunners.
were caused by French guns.
The faith of the French in their
artillery is shown by the high waite
set on 1t, the jealous guarding Of the
secret of its manufacture, the mum;
Der in use and by the large sums of
money spent during peace times In
artillery practice at the Camp de
Chalons and elsewhere. According to
reports issued for foreign ,consump-
ton. France has in initial mobiliza-
ton but $4,000 artillerymen and 5000
field guns, and Germany 5000 field
guns and 100000 artillerymen locat-
ed ON French and Russian frontiers.
But there is little doubt that France
has now double this number Of men
and guns in the field.
The French take four guns as
firing unit and assign all ammunition
which should be available upon entry
into action, whereas the Germans
count six guns as firing unit and
take only so much ammunition as Is
needed for immediate service. with
nearly 400 men to a battery. the Ger
mans use more than half merely Tor
the ammunition service. Each Fr-
ench army corps $4,000 infantry has
in peace times twenty-four batteries
IN groups of three batteries each. SIX
batteries fight with each division No.
900 infantry, while the remaining wv
Give are formerly under the orders OF
the corps commander though In this
war the artillery frequently may De
massed and the infantry made subject
to It's orders.
This war will see the greatest coll
ection of guns yet assembled in bat
tie, inflicting loss to stagger- the. I'M
agination. Already their havoc mas
been seen at Liege and elsewhere
and these were not battles but Skin
mishes. At Mukden. in the Russo-Jap-
anese war, $4,000 guns were used and
the casualties were 100000. At Port
Arthur. where artillery was the prin-
cipal weapon. the defenders had "a
per cent casualties and the assail
ants a2.6 per cent.-Leslies Weekly
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