| Show tin TIL 5 RIFLE riele A paris paria letter ietter say says khe the emperor and prince oscar afi sweden proceeded on saturday in an open carriage with lenards po ost illions stillions and outsiders outriders out riders along the boulevards to vincennes to witness some soine experiments with the rifle which all the french regin fenta 1 as is known are to receive to in succession I 1 in n consequence of orders received the battalion of the foot chasse urs of the thel guard left their air barracks in paris at 11 and und ni arched marched to the firing ground near the tile fort forn where they were poon eoon oon after their theli di arrival rival I 1 joined by marshal marshai reg keg naul desaint de saint jeand jean d angely and generals general s and grincourt Brin court dourt at two the imperial party batty arrived ur rIVed and on the emperor ailigh alighting tin 6 the nirm firm firing commenced the regi regiment ment meAt was waa placed I 1 at goo yards yaras from the mark and the ohe results obtained were quite extraordinary after of precisely two minutes f the trumpet soun boun founded deJ aej ael the tite call to cibas cease firing it was then found that the battalion strong had bad 0 fired s bh halls ils lis bt of which 1 nuck ruck we line une of object aimed almed at sime of af the persons present however holeve affirmed that better practice ba had bad d been obtained both at chalons and sato satory ry and that tho the in men e n were under a certain emotion from firing for the first time in presence of his majesty all the ground Immediately in front of the mark was cut up by thralls theu alls ails in such a bayis way as not to shaw a blade hlade of grass left the emperor uttered an i tion which graphically depicts the re sult suit etalon it is a positive massacre her batt battalion alinn ailon afterwards executed I 1 edse several verl terl times a s milar similar I 1 exercise but at distances increased to 1000 yards his dia Ala majesty lesty Jesty during the whole time remained in the midst of the men I 1 questioning them on pu their experience of the arm on its superiority over the old and on the rire ripe il which they all agreed in representing as insignificant the em emperor eror also aiso fired one shot himself taj to judge osge 0 of the effect and then ordered the men ao to go on loading and firing als Ais as they had done before |
