Obusier de 15 cm Valée allowing the whole artillery train to move as fast as the infantry or cavalry. Valée also improved the guns themselves slightly, by making them lighter, and with a longer range. The complete Valée system consisted in siege guns of 24 and 16 inches, and field guns of 12 and 8 inches. It also included field howitzers of 24 and 6 inches, and a siege howitzer of 8 inches. Mountain artillery pieces were of 12 inches caliber. Mortars were of 12, 10 and 8 inches, with a 15 inches stone mortar. French artillery would be reorganized along the Valee system in
A Hare Grows in Manhattan A Hare Grows in Manhattan A Hare Grows In Manhattan is a Warner Bros. cartoon in the "Merrie Melodies" series, released on March 22, 1947 and directed by Friz Freleng. It stars Bugs Bunny and a pack of dogs (the leader being a bulldog who resembles Hector). Unlike many cases where "hare" is a pun on "hair", the title here is a pun on a then-recent book which figures into the climax of the cartoon (however, it does also contain a punning reference to what hair does: grow). The cartoon begins with the voice of an apparent Hollywood gossip queen