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 INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS RIFLES ON THE DENSITY OF BATTLE FORMATIONS.

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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. -++-+-++++