INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS RIFLES ON THE DENSITY OF BATTLE FORMATIONS.[1]
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Rifle.
| Year | | |Per km. of the combat frontage.|
|of the| Battle. |Belligerents.+/
| Cam | | |Battalion @ 900 /
|paign.| | | rif- |Escadrons @ 150 /
| | | | les.|troo- |Field /
| | | | | pers.| guns. / Remarks.
-++-+-++++
| | | French | 12 | 19 | 46 | After Napoleon's
| 1815 | Waterloo +-++++ concentration for
Muzzle | | | British | 10 | 15 | 25 | battle toward noon.
loaders.+-+-++++
| | | French and | | | | After the victorious
| | | Sardinians | 7 | 5 | 19 | advance of the Austrian
| 1859 | Solferino +-++++ VIIIth Corps to
| | | Austrians | 7 | 2.5 | 21 | S. Martino.
++-+-++++
| | Custozza | Austrians | 8 | 2. | 17 |
-+ +-+-++++
| 1866 | | Prussians | 9.5 | 10 | 39 |
Breech | | Königgrätz +-++++ Situation at noon.
loaders| | | Austrians & | | | |
large | | | Saxons | 10 | 8.5 | 43 |
caliber.+-+-++++
| | Wörth | Germans | 9 | 5 | 37 |
| 1870 +-+-++++
| | Gravelotte | Germans | 11.5 | 9 | 46 |
| | St. Privat +-++++
| | | French | 6 | 6.5 | 32 |
-++-+-++++
Mag. | | Colenso | | | | |
rifles | 1899 | 1st battle, | | 1.5 | | 4 | Including 1-1/2 heavy
of | | Dec. 15th | | | | | guns.
small ++-+ British ++++
caliber. | Colenso, | | | | |
| 1900 | 2d battle, | | 2.5 | 1.5 | 7.5 | Including 1-1/2 heavy
| |February 27th| | | | | guns.
-++-+-++++
| | | | | | |Total extension from the
| | | | | | | Liao to Tung-wha-sien.
| | | | 1 | 0.4 | *5 | *Incl. 1 heavy gun.
| | | Russians ++++
| | Mukden | | 3 | 0.7 | *5.5 |Excl. East and West Det.
| |February 20th| | | | | *Incl. 3 heavy guns.
| | +-++++
7.6 mm.| | | | | | | Exclusive of the
against| | | Japanese | 3.5 | 0.8 |*15.5 | approaching Vth army.
6.5 mm.| 1905.| | | | | | *Incl. 2 heavy guns.
Mag. | +-+-++++
rifles.| | | | | | | Excl. of Trans-Baikal
| | West | Russians | 5 | 0.8 |**18 | Cossack Div.
| | front.-++++
| | | Japanese | 3.5 | 1 |**11.6| Excl. of 2d Cav.
| | Mukden | | | | | Brigade.
| | March 3d +-++++
| | | Russians | 1.7 | 0.5 |**6 |
| | South+-++++ **Exclusive of heavy
| | front. Japanese | 2.2 | 0.3 |**5.6 | guns.
| +-+-++++
| | | | | | | Excl. of Trans-Baikal
| | Mukden | Russians | 4.6 | 0.7 |**15.6| Cossack Div.
| | March 7th. +-++++
| | West front. | Japanese | 4 | 0.6 |**10.5| Excl. of Cav. Div.
-++-+-++++
- ↑ General Mimarelli Fitzgerald, Infanteristische Refexionon.
