The artillery can fire further shots when on the hills. It should assume position on a flat firm place. If the trail of a gun-carriage
digs into the soil, the recoil will soon break it. The soil where the enemy is situated should also be firm, the cannonball will ricochet from the
ground and will inflict more damage to the enemy (when the cannonball gets into the mellow ground, the shell will stick in it). Shooting canister the
direction of ploughed land furrows plays a big role. If they are cross then part of the bullets will dig into them. It is very disadvantageous to shoot
down at the angle of over 5 degrees. It is desirable to have the positions of cannons protected by parapet. The guns' effectiveness is much dependant on
their location during the battle. To bombard the enemy's fortifications the siege guns were used. These are basically mortars - short-barreled guns,
firing at a big rising angle. They were of big caliber and fired with bombs. The bomb hit inflicted substantial damage on the fortress and the troops in
defensive.
