On the shooting ground of Yintong, near (anton, on the 25th April, trials took place before the Viceroy of the Two Kuang of modern Krupp 7.5 cent. mountain guns, on recoil carriages. Ten thousand men were on parade, while the official guests included the Tartar General, the Governor of Kuangtung, the Provincial Treasurer, and the Consuls-General for Great Britain, Austria, and the Netherlands. Mr. H. Mandl' was present on behalf of the manufucturing firm and Mr. Hekman, Superintendent of Chinese Artillery, directed the firing. After preliminary trials, which were thoroughly satisfactory, the party took tiffin at the Tartar General's yamen, In the afternoon extra trials were ordered with shrapnel and quick firing at." longer range, and this also gave great satisfaction. ' The value of the recoil carriage was clearly demonstrated, as notwithstanding the rapidity with which the shel were fired, a single aim once taken sufticod to find the target time after time. Besides ordinary targets, others wore used representing columns of 120 men in marching order. They were literally torn to pieces.
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