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Rifles used by Fighting Powers.


    Weight Range Shots inmag.
Great Britain Lee Enfield 303 9 1/4   lbs 2800 yds 10
Germany Mauser 8          " 2200  " 5
France Lebel '315 9 1/4    " 2200  " 8
Russia Nagant 9          " 2000  " 5
Austria Mannlicher 95 8 1/4    " 2100  " 5
Belgium Mauser 8           " 2000  " 5
Italy Mannlicher- Carcano 8 lbs. 2000 6
                   6 1/2    ozs. metres  

Turkey, Serbia and Montenegro use rifles of various patterns.
Sound travels at the rate of 365 yards per second ; by carefully timing the period elapsing from the flash of a gun to hearing the report, the distance can be easily calculated.

Calendar for Five Years.


  1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
January I ......... M TU W TH S
February I ...... TH F S S TU
Ash Wed. ....... Fb. 21 Fb. 13 Mar. 5 Fb. 18 Fb. 9
March I ....... TH F S M TU
April I .......... S M TU TH F
Good Friday ... Ap. 6 Mr. 29 Ap. 18 Ap. 2 Mr. 25
Easter Mon. ... ,,     9 Ap. I ,,   21 ,,     5 ,,    28
May I .............. TU W TH S S
Wnit Mon.  ... My. 28 My. 20 Jn. 9 My. 24 My. 16
June I ........... F S S TU W
July I .............. S M TU TH F
August I ........ W TH F S M
Aug. Bk. Hol. 6 5 4 2 I
September I .. S S M W TH
October I ....... M TU W F S
November I ... TH F S M TU
Advent Sun. .. Dc. 2 Dc. I Nv. 30 Nv. 28 Nv. 27
December I ... S S M W TH
Christ. Day ... TU W TH S S

EXAMPLE. - On what day of the week will March 18th, 1920, fall.
March Ist being Monday, 15th is also Monday, and 18th is therefore Thursday.

                 

 

 

 

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