A New System Of Sword Exercise For Infantry
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890
- Title
- A New System of Sword Exercise for Infantry
- Credits
- Produced by Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- UD: Military science: Infantry
- Subject
- Infantry drill and tactics
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 59336
- Release Date
- April 21, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A NEW SYSTEM OF SWORD EXERCISE FOR INFANTRY.
- 2.CONTENTS.
- 3.A NEW SWORD EXERCISE FOR INFANTRY. — INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
- 4.Section I. PREPARATORY INSTRUCTION WITHOUT THE SWORD. — § 1. Preliminary. — § 2. First Position in Two Motions. — Second Position in Two Motions (Guard). — Third Position in Two Motions (from Guard to Lunge). — § 3. Attacking, Advancing, and Retiring.
- 5.Section II. PREPARATORY INSTRUCTION WITH THE SWORD. — § 1. Explanation and Use of the Target. — § 2. The Moulinet. 9 — § 3. The Cuts. — § 4. The Engaging Guards, or Engagements. — § 5. The Guards or Parries. 14
- 6.Section III. THE MANCHETTE OR FORE-ARM PLAY. — § 1. Preliminary. — § 2. The Direct Cuts in Manchette. — § 3. The Guards (Parries) and Feints in Manchette. — § 4. The Reverse or Back Cuts in Manchette. — § 5. The Time Cuts in Manchette. — § 6. Résumé. — CONCLUSION.
- 7.APPENDIX.
- 8.FOOTNOTES
- 9.Transcriber’s Notes
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