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A field battery had in the order of 200 men and a similar number of horses. I hope you are able to get the photo you are looking for in another place. The battery concerned had 6 18 pounder guns, D Battery had the heavier calibre howitzers.
MaxD
Their diary says they had 4 Howitzers + 2 80 pounders + 2 60 pounders.
A Brigade often had different size guns so it would depend on what type of gun D Bty. had.
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Couple of extra things I meant to add yesterday.
D battery was equipped with 4.5 inch Howitzers : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_4.5-inch_howitzer
The war diaries are not very forthcoming with detailed coordinates but there are one or two mentioned such that it seems the Villers Guislain position was on the western side of the village (square X 8 top right quarter) about where you see a v shaped junction to the left of the V in Villers.
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14&lat=50.0491&lon=3.1542&layers=101465206&right=BingHyb
MaxD