Note 2 — Chapter II · THE OVERRUNNING OF NORTHERN NATAL.
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A battalion of infantry numbers from 800 to 1010 men. A regiment of cavalry is 480 men. A battery of artillery has 6 guns and 180 men. The guns are: in field artillery, 15-pounders (i.e., they fire a shell weighing 15 lb.); in horse artillery, 12-pounders; and in mountain artillery, 7-pounders.