Note 166 — THE FORMAL TACTICS OF INFANTRY. (continued 3)

According to the Swiss Firing Regulations the change in height in the point of the target struck amounts to 1⁄1000 of the range.

[167] The British Infantry (consisting of 2694 men, exclusive of subsequent reinforcements), which was engaged at short range on Spionskop from 3 A. M. until 9:30 P. M., lost 40 officers and 721 men in 18¹⁄₂ hours (one officer to every 18.5 men), i.e., 28.2%. See p. 189 infra.