The British troops with a gun apiece were firing at each other
.............. wonderful military joined up thinking and co-ordination there.

Not just for one shot apiece but for numerous shots apiece and neither managed to hit a static target a matter of a few hundreds yards away.

(That is each other, not the flag which, bless 'em, they did manage to hit once, three cheers for the Royal Navy hip, hip ..... OK don't bother)

Oh dear, how sad, never mind Raggy another own goal based on ignorance. As far as gunnery goes you know nothing, and even when you supply the link you completely fail to understand what it very clearly stated. Just for you I will take you through it. It is no surprise to me at all that no-one was killed and that HMY Helga even although tied up alongside the wall was not hit.

Go back and read what I said was required to obtain a "Firing Solution". Then piece together how many elements the gunners firing did not have.

Both the Soldiers of the Sherwood Foresters and the crew of the Helga thought that they were under fire from rebel artillery. Neither the Sherwood Foresters or the crew of the Helga knew where this perceived rebel artillery fire was coming from and guess what Raggy? If you don't know where your target is you stand no chance of hitting it.

Without any shadow of a doubt fire from Helga's 12 pounder hit Liberty Hall, Bolands Mill and Sackville Street. The fire on Liberty Hall (Helga's longest engagement) lasted only three and a half hours.

The fires in Sackville Street were initially started not by artillery fire but by looters, in the following days both sides started fires to cover their movements and to hinder attacks. The fire in the Irish Times was started when rolls of print paper caught fire after the building was hit by a HE shell, the Druggists when oil caught fire, there is no evidence at all regarding incendiary shells being used. The majority of soldiers deployed from England were straight out of training and had been waiting at Watford to be deployed in France.