John Breed, Diary and Training diary, item 138

• April 1, 2017 03:28:36 Cheryl Ellsworth

  Methods of Fire
  

  The ordinary methods are "three." In all methods guns are

  loaded and fired by order of Nos. 1 from the B.C

  Battery Fire
  

       In which the guns are fired continuously in

  succession from flank to flank at a named interval. Rounds

  of battery are frequently used, each gun from No. 1 to 4 is

  fired once, and is not reload till a fresh order is given

  
  

  Section Fire
  

       The guns of each section are fired continuously

  through the Section Commanders to the Nos. 1 (unless a certain

  number of rounds is specified) at a named interval,

  independently of the other section

  
  

  Gun Fire or Rapid Fire
  

       Each gun is fired independently, usually for a

  specified number of rounds at a named interval or as

  rapidly as possible

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