John Breed, Diary and Training diary, item 148

• April 3, 2017 03:14:06 Cheryl Ellsworth

  to fire until our troops are within 100 yards of the enemy,

  the guns will not cease fire then, but will increase the

  range and fuze so that the shell are bursting over the

  enemy's line, when they are effective on reinforcements

  coming up.

  
  

   Drawing of shells being fired on gun carriages and troops 

  
  

  N.B

       Field howitzers may continue to fire till our troops

  are within yards of the enemy, unless the B.C.

  observes that some of his shells are bursting farther

  short

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