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| A 6-gun mountain battery had to be self-contained, so in addition to the 30 gun mules, it had another 30 carrying ammunition; 30 more for spare parts, tools for the artificer and the collar-maker and tools and a forge for the farrier; 30 to relieve the gun mules on long marches and 65 mules carrying rations, water and baggage and to provide additional relief. To look after these 185 mules there were 94 Indian muleteers, or “drivers”. |
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