Field

Artillery is divided into Battalion Guns, Artillery of the Park, and Horse Artillery. The Battalion Guns include all the light pieces attached to regiments of the line, which they accompany in all manœuvres, to cover and support them. The following kinds of field ordnance are attached to battalions of infantry, by different powers in Europe: | French | —two— | 4 Prs. | per battalion. | | English | —two— | 6 do. | do. | | Danes | —two— | 3 do. | do. | | Austrians | —three— | 6 do. | do. | | Pru ians | —two— | 6 Prs. | to a battalion in the first line. | | Pru ians | —two— | 3 Prs. | to a battalion in the second line. | | Han over i ans | —two— | 3 Prs. | per battalion. | The Artillery of the Park is composed of all kinds of field ordnance. It is destined to form batteries of position; that is to say, to occupy advantageous situations, from which the greatest effect may be produced, in supporting the general movements of an army, without following it, like the battalion guns, through all the detail of its manœuvres. The park of artillery attached to an army in the field, generally consists of twice as many pieces of different kinds, varied according to the country in which it is to act, as there are battalions in the army. Gribauvale proposes the following proportion between the different kinds of artillery for the park or reserve, viz. two-fifths of 12 Prs. two-fifths of 8 Prs. and one-fifth of 4 Prs. or reserve for battalion guns. In a difficult country he says, it may be ¹⁄₄ of 12 Prs. ¹⁄₂ of 8 Prs. and ¹⁄₄ of 4 Prs. and for every 100 pieces of cannon he allots 4 Howitzers; but this proportion of Howitzers is much smaller than what is generally given.