NOTHING can be laid down under this head with great exactneƒs, becauƒe it may happen that a place of but ƒmall extent, as Philipsburgh, ƒhall be capable, by its ƒituation, of making a vigorous defence, and require more artillery to attack it than a larger place. The number of attacks propoƒed to be made, and the obƒtacles which are foreƒeen to be neceƒƒary to be ƒurmounted, ought to determine the number of artillery proper for an army to make uƒe of, in order to ƒucceed in its enterprize.
        Example may ƒerve us here inƒtead of precept. The following account, from a very able engineer, may ƒerve to give an idea of the principal things neceƒƒary for forming a ƒiege. This eƒtimate, or liƒt, was drawn up for forming the ƒiege of one of the moƒt confiderable towns in Flanders.

Suppoƒing the army to conƒiƒt of 32,000 foot and 18,000 horƒe, two regiments of bombardiers, fuzileers, general officers, miners, cannoneers, perƒons belonging to the hoƒpitals, and 10,000 peaƒants. Leƒs than 90,000 rations of bread, per day, will not ƒuffice for the firƒt 10 days; and for the 30 days, which it may be ƒuppoƒed the place will hold out, before the garriƒon evacuates the town, 80,000 per day; which, reckoning 180 rations to the ƒeptier of Paris, makes in all for 40 days about

Septiers 18,350

At the rate of 18,000 rations per day, ƒuppoƒing the horƒe without the camp and lines, the ration eƒtimated at 10 lb. of hay, 6 lb. of ƒtraw, and 3 pecks of oats, the whole for 40 days makes

Rations 72,000

For 40,000 charges, for 24 pounders, each charge eƒtimated at 12 lb. of powder	lb. 480,000
For 16,000 charges for 16, 12, 8, and 4 pounders, each charge eƒtimated at 6 lb. one with another	96,000
For firing 9000 bombs during the ƒiege, after the rate of 300 per day for 30 days, which is ƒuppoƒed to laƒt, at 16 lb. of powder each fire, including the charge of the mortar and the fuƒe	144,000
For 40,000 grenadoes, at the rate of 2000 per day, during 20 days guard of the trenches, the charge of each eƒtimated at 4 oz. and an half	11,250
For the conƒumption of the muƒquetry, in guarding the trenches for 30 days, eƒtimated at 30,000 diƒcharges per day, 24 fires being allowed to 1 lb. of powder, making in the whole	37,500
The common diƒtribution before opening the trenches	12,000
For waƒte	12,000
Total weight of powder	lb. 792,750

        Befides this quantity of powder, there ought to be 150,000 lb. in readineƒs, and at hand to be made uƒe of, if neceƒƒary, together with a proportionable quantity of bullet.

Great cannon of (12) 33 and 44 pounders, with their carriages, fore-carriages, and furniture	50
Spare carriages	25
16 pounders	10
12 pounders with their carriages, and furniture	10
8 pounders ditto	10
4 pounders ditto	20
Spare carriages for the 16 pounders                              for the 12 pounders                              for the 4 pounders	6 4 6
And furniture for the ƒame pieces in proportion.
Mortars from Tournay	24
Ditto from Doway	16
(12)  Pieces of this caliber are not now caƒt

Of 33 lb.                [not uƒed of late]	12,000
Of 24 lb.	19,000

With reƒpect to the quantity of powder allotted to the musketry, computed at 24 balls to the pound, waƒte included

55,000

The conƒumption of match, eƒtimated on the ƒuppoƒition of 6,000 lengths, being perpetually burning together during 30 days ƒiege, each length of 5 feet, burning 12 hours, is, for the whole 30 days, 36,000 lengths; which reduced to weight, at the rate of 5 lengths to the pound, amounts to 72,000 lb. and allowing, for waƒte, 10,000 lb. the whole amounts to

lb. 82,000

60 platforms, each containing 700 feet of joiƒts, at 2d per foot.     50,000 feet of oaken plank at the ƒame price.     100,000 feet of deal plank, at 1d. 1/2 per foot.     400,000 feet of joiƒts, in pieces, at the ƒame price.

One hundred carpenters.     Twelve ƒawyers.     Twelve ƒmiths.

Hatchets     Pickaxes, &c.

800

        This liƒt containing only the principal ammunition for this ƒiege, we ƒhall add a liƒt of all the apparatus which were provided for undertaking the ƒiege of Turin, in 1706, in order to convey a more exact and comprehenƒive idea of the quantity of each particular neceƒƒary in theƒe ƒort of undertakings. This ƒiege was one of the moƒt conƒiderable of the war which broke out in 1701; and, although it was not attended with the ƒucceƒs which might reaƒonably have been expected *, no one thing was wanting, as we are informed by the military hiƒtorian of Lewis the Great, of all that was neceƒƒary to render it effectual. As this place by its ƒituation, which is one of the moƒt advantageous; by its fortifications, which were laboured with great aƒƒiduity and care, under the direction of the duke of Savoy; by its numerous garriƒon, conƒiƒting of choƒen troops, and commanded by a general of deƒerved reputation; by its largeneƒs, and the number of its inhabitants, who had all reƒolved to ƒacrifice every thing for the preƒervation of their prince's capital city and reƒidence; and, laƒtly, by the great quantity of all ƒorts of ammunition and proviƒions, particularly powder, which the duke of Savoy had taken care to lay in: as this place, I ƒay, may be regarded on all theƒe accounts as one of the muƒt important which could be attacked, the particulars of the warlike ƒtores which were carried to the ƒiege of it may ƒerve as a model, or at leaƒt give ƒome idea of what things are neceƒƒary in order to undertake the ƒiege of the largeƒt and moƒt regularly fortified towns.

* A late author tells us that madam de Maintenon cauƒed the ƒiege of this place to be prolonged till it was relieved by P. Eugene, which was in order to prevail on the king to marry her, by employing  a prieƒt to urge the ill ƒucceƒs of his majeƒty's arms at Turin, as a judgment on his violated promiƒes to her.

Liƒt of Ammunition carried to the Siege of Turin, in the Year 1706, diƒtinguiƒhing what part of it was conƒumed before that Place.
 
 

Ammunition carried to the Siege of Turin		Ammunition conƒumed.
Cannon 24 pounders 16 12 8 4 of which 13 were long, 4 of new invention,     and carried on the backs of mules           Carriages Of 24 pounders      16      12        8        4  For long pieces            For thoƒe of the new invention            For thoƒe carried on mules Avant trains, or limbers Waggons for the bodies of the cannon Waggons railed Waggons for bullets Carts Triangles with the pullies Sling carriages for timber           Cannon furniture Sets for 24 pounders         for 16               12                 8                 4 Worms to draw charges, &c.           Bullets Of 24      16      12        8        4 Cartouches for the troops           Cartouches made of tin For 16 pounders        12          8          4           Mortars Of 12 inches diameter        9        6           Carriages For mortars of 12 inches,     of which 10 were of caƒt iron For mortars of 9 inches                     of 6           Bombs Of 12 inches diameter        9        6 Fuƒes for bombs of 12 inches                                  9                                  6 Grenadoes charged Grenadoes not charged Fuƒes for grenadoes not charged Bales of wool Sacks of earth Flints for the firelocks Pioneers tools Helves or handles for tools Hatchets Hedging bills, or pruning knives           Miners tools Pickaxes Sledges Crows Cloven-footed crows Borers Chiƒƒels for boring Gads Trowels, or ƒhort ƒpades Carpenters and wehhl-wrights tools of every ƒort Smiths tools of every ƒort Joiners tools of every ƒort           Cordage Double coils of ropes Ropes for the pullies Single coils Pairs of traces for cannon Pairs of common traces Packing cordage Small cordage Packthread           Wood for remounting Beams Shafts Axle-trees Tallies Spokes Wheels for 24 pounders, bound with iron Wheels for 24 pounders, unbound Wheels for the carts which carry the bodies of cannon Wheels for the carriage of the powder and bullets Wheels for hte fore-carriages Levers Aiming-wedges Chapiteaux, or aprons Madriers for the platforms Deal planks                 Fireworks Brimƒtone Saltpetre Fire-balls Tarred Faƒcines Oil of turpentine Pitch and tar Cheƒt of bombardiers utenƒeils Wax for topping the fuƒes of bombs Bees-wax Barrels of priming powder Cheƒt of compoƒition fo rhte fuƒe Iron in plates ƒquare and round Boxes of iron of every ƒort Old nails of all ƒorts Steel Wheel nails Nails for the cheeks of carriages Nails of all sorts Pickard nails Coopers nails Nails forf hte ƒpunge or maulkin Braƒs nails for hte ladles           Tin Meaƒures. Of 10 pounds Of   8 Of   6 Of   4 Of   3 Of   2 Of   1 Of   1/2 a pound Of   2 oz. Tin tunnels Balance beams with their ƒcales Braƒs weights of 25 lb.                      Of 10 pounds                      Of   5 pounds Bellows Anvils Plate iron Plats of mill'd copper for pontons Sheepskins for maulkins Wicker panniers Wicker hods Bullet-ƒacks           Small furniture. Bougies, or wax candles Candles Flamboys Hogs greaƒe Torches 18 cheƒts of lanterns Files, triangular, ƒquare, flat and round Small files Vices Iron wire Braƒs wire Hand-ƒaws Great ƒaws Raƒps Sheets of tin Jacks Painted mule-cloths Painted cloths for powder Coverings of waxed cloth Braƒs pullies Reams of fine paper for accounts Reams of cartridge paper Reams of paper for letters Pens Penknives Augers Needles Sewing threat Oil of olive for the miners Cotton Lamps Powder Shot Match	104 6 17 10 35 153 11 35 10 13 4 4 180 90 110 30 30 8 1 126 10 20 12 40 20 89,623 26,859 21,210 3,800 8,400 278,000 150 40 50 60 39 7 13   43 12 14 13,960 5.549 5,646 20,000 10,000 8,000 25,541 21,185 30,000 224 174,160 415,200 56,375 24,580 2,685 5,230 1,000 150 102 30 300 32 99 6 316 55 43 86 20 100 200 220 bales 42 lb. 2,500 lb. 500 300 50 100 500 800 20 10 30 10 10 100 800 300 100 500 lb. 2,000 lb. 2,500 150 100 lb. 50 lb. 200 1 lb. 300 lb. 100 2 1 lb. 5,000 lb. 20,000 10,000 lb. 400 10,000 15,000 60,000 50,000 10,000 12,000 lb. 200 200 100 80 150 100 150 80 100 50 50 1 4 1 1 pairs 8 8 lb. 288 9 210 200 300 100 lb. 1,100 lb. 800 144 lb. 3,100 lb. 400 570 116 36 4 lb. 100 lb. 74 130 3 36 1,200 5 100 39 300 32 5 52 6 200 12 50 30 lb. 20 lb. 80 lb. 180 60 lb. 1,411,200 lb. 150,900 lb. 41,800	45 5 2  ------        |--     5 ------  2 7             40 4 6 3 8 8 69,237 15,900 21,000 3,500 4,000 106,000 150 40 50 60           10 5 4 13,849 3,782 3,314 13,849 3,782 3,314 23,200 4,500 4,500 224 142,260 90,000 54,742 24,580 1,892 1,209 800 100 80 30 200 12 99 6 216 55 30 30 12 50 100 120 30 2,200 500           20 10 30 10 8 100 500 300 100 500 1,000 2,000 150 100 50 200 1 300 100 2 1 3,000 12,000 10,000 300 6,000 10,000 30,000 20,000 8,000 9,000 200 200 100 80 150 100 150 80 100 50 50 1         288 9 210 200 300 100 1,100 800 144 3,100 400 570 116 36 4 100 74 130 3 36 1,200 5 100 39 300 12 5 52 6 200 12 50 30 20 80 20 60 1,176,760 130,507 18,794