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M. Eversberg II
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 Posted: Wed 29 Jul, 2009 5:59 am Post subject: Methods and manuals of fighting with the Bayonet |
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I possess a copy of my father's old Guidebook for Marines, which has a small section on the bayonet.
It got me wondering what other kinds of bayonet manuals exist? I recall a person I know on my college campus mentioning he had a few books on the subject (but I cannot borrow them for some time as I believe he is working from them). He mentioned two by name, one of which was Victorian era, and the other of which was a WW1 manual. Unfortunately I've not been able to get ahold of him, so I was hoping someone here knew the titles of these (likely out of print) books, in the off chance they might be on the internet (scribd) somewhere.
Any leads?
M.
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Mark Millman
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| Posted: Wed 29 Jul, 2009 11:53 am Post subject: Re: Methods and manuals of fighting with the Bayonet |
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Dear M.,
| On Wednesday 29 July 2009, you wrote: | I possess a copy of my father's old Guidebook for Marines, which has a small section on the bayonet.
It got me wondering what other kinds of bayonet manuals exist? I recall a person I know on my college campus mentioning he had a few books on the subject (but I cannot borrow them for some time as I believe he is working from them). He mentioned two by name, one of which was Victorian era, and the other of which was a WW1 manual. Unfortunately I've not been able to get ahold of him, so I was hoping someone here knew the titles of these (likely out of print) books, in the off chance they might be on the internet (scribd) somewhere.
Any leads?
M. |
Manuals for bayonet fencing were written throughout the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth. Many of them will be available on the Web--I know that Google Books has several. Search for the following names in combination with "bayonet":
American (all of these are translated or adapted from French sources, some of which appear below):
R. Milton Cary
John Kelton
George B. McClellan
British:
Richard Burton
Anthony Gordon
Alfred Hutton
French:
Chapitre
Chatin
Gomard
These books, which are the first ones that come to my mind--I'm not familiar, for example, with the German, Spanish, or Italian material--cover bayonet fencing with weapons of different lengths and weights. Hutton's book in particular is for a shorter and lighter weapon than most of the others. His Fixed Bayonets also has a bibliography of contemporary bayonet manuals, and you should be able to find several of them.
I hope that this proves helpful.
Best,
Mark Millman
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Lafayette C Curtis
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M. Eversberg II
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Thanks! It's certainly earlier than my other stuff; I'll check it out.
M.
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