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Army:Great Britain: Expenditure of Ammunition and Guns during the Siege
of Ciudad Rodrigo - January 1812
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| Item | On Hand at Start of Siege | Expended or Destroyed |
| Gun: 24 pounder | 32 | 1 |
| Gun: 18 pounder | 2 | 0 |
| Ammunition: 24 pounder rounds | Unknown | 8,950 |
| Ammunition: 18 pounder rounds | Unknown | 565 |
| Barrels of Gun Powder (90 pounds) | Unknown | 834 |
| Entrenching Tools | 2,200 | Unknown |
| Sandbags | 30,000 | Unknown |
| Fascines | 600 | Unknown |
| Gabions | 1,100 | Unknown |
SOURCE:
Jones, John T. Journal of Sieges Carried on by the Army under the Duke of Wellington in Spain between the Years 1811 and 1814 Vol. I London : T. Egerton; 1827. Pp. 115 - 145
Placed on the Napoleon Series: September2001
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