Tho Royal Artillery shares lriUi the Royal Engineers the peculiar distinction of having served in every campaign la which the British Army has fought since . the regiment was raised, there aro many batteries thoro is only one'regiment. "Tho ancestor, of the R..A. was j tho Train of Artillery, first raised in Henry VIII's reign. Its guns were known as culverins, sakers, and falcons. Tha culverin was dragged into Mtion by a team of draught horses, the drivers' wero civilians', and the gunpowder was laboriously poured donu it.s mnzzlo by means of «. ladle. The enormous demand for linen for covering aeroplane wings is raoidlv nbsnvbihir the visiWo.s*u>nHcs of tho world, and it mav be years before this material cau be bought at a reasonable price,
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 284, 20 August 1918, Page 6
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124Untitled Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 284, 20 August 1918, Page 6
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