XVI.

The amount of the extraordinary expenses of the Versailles was, at the

rate of three millions of francs a day, 216 millions from the 18th

March to the 28th May. The list of artillery implements removed from

the arsenals of Douai, Lyon, Besançon, Toulon, and Cherbourg, and

forwarded to Versailles from the 18th March to the 21st May, comprise—

80 cannons of 0.16m (6 in. 299/1000 diameter) from the War Arsenal

60 ” ” ” from the Marine Arsenal

10 ” of 0.22m (8 in. 661/1000 diameter) Marine.

110 Rifled long 24-pounders.

30 Rifled short 24-pounders.

80 Rifled siege 12-pounders.

3 Mortars of 0.32m (12 in. 598/1000 diameter).

15 Mortars of 0.27m (10 in. 629/1000 diameter).

15 Mortars of 0.22m (8 in. 661/1000 diameter).

40 Mortars of 0.15m (5 in. 905/1000 diameter).

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Total 393 artillery siege pieces.

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