Manual of Bayonet Exercise: Prepared for the Use of the Army of the United States

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J.B. Lippincott, 1862 - 118 sider
 

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Side 37 - With the left hand raise the piece till the hand is as high as the eye, grasp the small of the stock with the right hand; half face to the right; place, at the same time, the right foot behind and at right angles with the left; the hollow of the right foot against the left heel. Slip the left hand down to the lower band...
Side 28 - At the word about, the recruit will turn on the left heel, bring the left toe to the front, carry the right foot to the rear, the hollow opposite to, and full three inches from, the left heel, the feet square to each other. 92. (Second time.) At the word face...
Side 39 - Raise the piece slightly with the right hand and make a half face to the right on the left heel ; place the hollow of the right foot opposite to, and three inches from the left heel...
Side 3 - Army. I strongly recommend its being printed for distribution to the Army; and that It be made, by regulation, a part of the system of instruction.
Side 37 - Make a half face to the right on the left heel, place at the same time the right foot behind, and at right angles with the left, the hollow of the right foot opposite to, and about three inches from the left heel: turn the piece with the left hand, the lock outwards, and seize the handle at the same time with the right hand, the musket perpendicular and detached from the shoulder; leth'e the left hand under the butt.
Side 7 - ... parry the attacks of a well-drilled infantry soldier, has nothing to fear from a cavalry soldier, because simple variations of the parries against infantry are perfectly effective against the sabre and lance ; eg, the parries in high tierce and high quarte It will be proper to remark," he continues, " that any system of fencing with the bayonet can, in service, have its full and direct application only when the men are isolated or in very open order. In the habitual formation, as infantry of...

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