John Breed, Diary and Training diary, item 141

• April 1, 2017 22:53:34 Cheryl Ellsworth

  gun gives 10 minutes right deflection, No 3 20 minutes and

  so on, in the second case if a Battery consists of six

  guns then the distribution will be as follows:

  No 2 and 4 give 10 minutes outwards No 1 and 5, 20 

  minutes outwards and No 6 30 minutes.

  
  

  But if the battery consists of 4 guns then the distribution

  will be as follows

       No 2 and 3, 10 minutes outwards

       No 1 and 4, 20 minutes outwards

  
  

  The number of minutes ordered is reckoned roughly by

  the displacement table given under Laying or by the Gunners

  rule

       Fire is usually distributed from the first round, each

  gun taking the portion opposite it, but the fire may be

  concentrated on one point for ranging if desired. The

  order to distribute is used in the concealed position

  where the layers cannot see the target

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