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howitzers and twelve 6-inch guns. The Royal Horse Artillery brought out seventy-eight 12pounders. Almost all these were out-ranged by Boer weapons of similar type. Furthermore, the
British use of field artillery had to undergo a radical revision from the approved tactics that lost the
guns at the Battle of Colenso to the fire-from-concealment approach that proved effective at the Battle
of Magersfontein. In addition, new methods of coordinating artillery support and infantry movement
had to be developed.
The Field Artillery manual, in its 1896 version, laid down that the role of the artillery was to
“support other arms by fire establishing such a fire supremacy in the battle area that the enemy can
neither interfere with operations nor develop his own effectively”. When coming into action it was
laid down that the guns would be some 200 yards (183m) forward of the limbers (ammunition
wagons) and wagons with the reserve ammunition, on a line with twenty-yard (18.3m) intervals
between them and with an ammunition wagon just to the rear of each gun. The guns were to be placed
on firm ground with a clear view of the target. This was all well and good unless the enemy had
comparable or superior guns. When the British Horse Artillery, operating according to very similar
rules, came into action at the Battle of Magersfontein, firm ground for the guns could not be found and
the recoil of their fire pushed them back down the little hill on which they were standing, into cover
from Boer fire. They were thus able to operate efficiently with an observer taking sight of the fall of
shell and giving orders to improve the aim. The commander was reprimanded for this unconventional
behaviour, though it was later adopted as routine.
12-pounder: Weight of shell – 12.5lb/5.67kg. Range: time fuse – 3,700 yards/3,380m;
percussion – 5,400 yards/4,940m.
15-pounder: Weight of shell – 14lb/
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