BIG GUNS IN ACTION

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3000, 10 February 1917, Page 11

BIG GUNS IN ACTION

4 TWENTY-SECOND ARTILLERY AT WORK. Tho Twenty-second Artillery Reinforcement, under Lieutenant' Archie, engaged in practice with live shell at Morrison's Bush yesterday. The operations were conducted by Captain Bradley, Chief • Artillery Instructor, under the direction of Lieut-Colonel Roberts, Inspector of Artillery. Tho guns used ■were a battery of four cightoenpoumlors and a 4.5 howitzer. The Camp Commandant, Lieut.-Colonel N. P. Adams, and the Camp Adjutant, • Major N. Newcomb, witnessecT • the j shooting, and the other artillery reinforcements in camp were also present [for purposes of instruction. There was a largo number of civilians present at the shoot, which was held in fine weather. The first series was fired 1 from the 18-pounders at a range of about 3750 yards Lieut. Archie, the target representing guns: The shooting in this series was good. The second series was fired by Lieut. Osborne, at the' same target, the range being 3300 yards. In tliis series the shooting was also good. The third 1 series Was fired from the howitzer by Lieut. Archie. The was down in a hollow, and the laying was, indirect-. This series was one of the best that has been fired from the howitzer. The target was the same, representing a four-gun battery. This was the most interesting phase of the shooting from the. civilian point of view. People stationed behind .the guns or on the flank had no difficulty in observing the .shells in flight. The elevation of the shells, seemed extremely high, though this is a notablo feature of the 4.5 howitzer. The work of tho Artillery and Divisional Signallers was unusually good. The former maintained communication between tho gun and the battery comI mander, orders being sent through by flags promptly and accurately. The i Divisional Signallers maintained communication botween the targets and the battery ? and to the camp, their messages being deaW with expeditiously and without error. Tho day's work as'a whole reflected credit on tho instructional staffs, its woll as upon the keenness of the officers, N.C.O.'s, and men.