26,000 discharges (calibre 0.16m), marine guns.
2000 ” ” 0.22m), ”
60,000 ” ” 0.24m), rifled guns.
30,000 ” ” 0.12m), rifled siege guns.
12,000 ” (calibre of 7), used as a siege gun.
150 bombs of 0.32m
360 ” 0.27m
2500 ” 0.22m
5500 ” 0.16m
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Total 138,800 discharges of siege guns and mortars.—“Guerre
des Communeux,” p. 321.
The great feature of the second siege of Paris was the prudence
exercised in manoeuvring the men so as to protect them from needless
exposure, practical experience in German encounters having taught the
line a severe lesson. From the report of Marshal MacMahon we learn that
the lost amounted to 83 officers killed, and 430 wounded; 794 soldiers
killed, and 6,024 wounded, and 183 missing in all.