SODS V. STONES.
■ » A council/ composed of the Admiral and leading military authorities, is ai present sitting on board Helicon, and at Alexandria, to investigate the subject of the effect of the bombardment upon the forts. The ruined forts have been examined by officers of the Marine and Artillery, and their evidence is to the effect that masonry as opposed to modern guns is useless, us it crumbles to fragments under the impact of the heavy missiles. On the other hand the earthwork?, when constructed of the proper thickness, turned every shot,/the projectiles simply ploughing a deep trench, and then turning upwards into the air. The investigation proved that our fuses \vere extremely bad, unexploded shells lying about everywhere. The direction of our fire was very good, but the elevation was by no means accurate. After a careful examination of the effects of our fire, the artillerymen are of opinion that properly constructed forts ought to be able to resist the fire of ships, and that the only chance of the latter is to aim at the embrasures and endeavor to dismount the guns.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2994, 30 October 1882, Page 3
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184SODS V. STONES. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2994, 30 October 1882, Page 3
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