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Army:
France: Expenditure of Ammunition and Guns during the Siege of Ciudad
Rodrigo 10 July 1810 (After the Fortress
was Captured)
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Item
|
Quantity
|
|
Amount Before
the Siege
|
|
Left After the Siege
|
| Artillery Pieces |
Cannons |
24 pounders |
10
|
---
|
10
|
| 16 pounders |
7
|
1
|
6
|
| 12 pounders |
12
|
1
|
11
|
| Howitzers |
8
|
---
|
8
|
| Mortars |
12 pounders |
4
|
---
|
4
|
| 8 pounders |
3
|
---
|
3
|
| 6 pounders |
4
|
---
|
4
|
| Pierriers |
|
2
|
---
|
2
|
| Carriages |
Cannons |
24 pounders |
14
|
---
|
14
|
| 16 pounders |
9
|
2
|
7
|
| 12 pounders |
9
|
---
|
13
|
| Howitzers |
11
|
1
|
9
|
| Mortars |
12 pounders |
5
|
---
|
5
|
| 8 pounders |
5
|
1
|
4
|
| 6 pounders |
5
|
1
|
4
|
| Pierriers |
2
|
---
|
2
|
| Projectiles |
Cannonballs |
24 pounders |
6,805
|
6,285
|
2,475
|
| 16 pounders |
4,253
|
3,617
|
1,190
|
| 12 pounders |
11,391
|
8,834
|
4,122
|
| Howitzer Shells |
12 pounders |
2,063
|
4,625
|
467
|
| 8 pounders |
2,351
|
2,005
|
456
|
| 6 pounders |
10,785
|
8,229
|
2,936
|
| Munitions |
Gunpowder (Kilograms) |
116,550
|
60,900
|
55,650
|
| Matches |
890
|
244
|
646
|
| Siege Items |
Sandbags |
32,124
|
22,700
|
10,117
|
| Saucissons |
597
|
597
|
---
|
| Gabions |
2,615
|
2,615
|
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Notes:
1. This does not include the 5934 cannonballs and 427 shells that were
received during the siege or recovered by the soldiers.
2. Ciudad Rodrigo fell to the French on 10 July 1810, after being under
siege of 72 days.
SOURCE:
Jones, John T. Journal of the Sieges Carried on by the Army under
the Duke of Wellington, in Spain 3rd Ed. Cambridge : Ken Trotman;
1998. P.130
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