WHAT A BOMBARDMENT COSTS.
The cost of a single round in the bombardment of Alexandria was figured up by the ' Pall Mall Gazette as follows : — L
The • Gazette ' very pertinently inquires, if this is the bill for a single round, what must it be for a day's bombardment? And this is only one item of the vast outlay required to maintain an army and conduct a campaign.
4 81rton guns at £25 10 0 £102 0 0| 10 25-ton guns at 7 0 0 70 0 0 38 18-ton guna at 5 5 0 199 10 0 16 12-ton guns at 312 0 57 12 0 8 9-ton guns at 215 0 22 0 0 2 6£-ton guns at 115 0 310 0 4 64-pounders at 018 0 312 0 7 40-poundera at 010 0 4 4 0 Eighty-seven guns £452 8 0
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Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1294, 7 September 1883, Page 2
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143WHAT A BOMBARDMENT COSTS. Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1294, 7 September 1883, Page 2
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