Lessons in Sabre, Singlestick, Sabre & Bayonet

About this eBook

Author

Waite, J. M. (John Musgrave), 1820?-1884

Title

Lessons in Sabre, Singlestick, Sabre & Bayonet, and Sword Feats or, How to use a cut and thrust sword

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Weldon & Co,1880.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, deaurider 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

U: Military science

Subject

Single-stick

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67257

Release Date

January 26, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LESSONS in SABRE, SINGLESTICK, SABRE & BAYONET, and SWORD FEATS; or, HOW TO USE A CUT-AND-THRUST SWORD.
2. 2.ERRATUM.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — HOW TO HOLD A SABRE.
5. 5.SABRE. — PLATE I. Preliminary Position before going on Guard. — PLATE II. Engaging Guard. — To form the Inside Guard or Quarte. — To form the Outside Guard or Tierce. — To Advance. — To Retire. — To Attack. — PLATE III. Feinting. — Guards. — PLATE IV. A Direct Lead Off at the Head and Guard. — Guard for the Head (Prime). — Feint a Straight Thrust at the Breast, and Cut at the Head. — PLATE V. Feint at the Head and Cut at the Left Cheek and Guard. — Guard for the Feint at the Head and Cut at the Left Cheek. — PLATE VI. Feint at the Head and Cut at the Left Breast, and Guard. — PLATE VII. Feint at the Head and Cut Inside the Wrist. — PLATE VIII. Feint at the Head and Cut under the Right Arm, and Guard. — Guard for the Cut under the Right Arm. — PLATE IX. Feint at the Head and Cut outside the Leg, and Guard. — Guard for Outside Leg (Seconde). — PLATE X. A Feint at the Breast and Cut inside the Leg. — Another way of Attacking inside of Leg. — Guard for Inside of Leg. — PLATE XI. Shifting the Leg to avoid a Cut, and Countering on the Head. — PLATE XII. Shifting the Leg when a Man Attacks with his Hand Below the Shoulder, and Counter on the Arm. — PLATE XIII. A Draw and Guard for Shifting the Leg to avoid a Cut and Counter on the Head or Arm. — PLATE XIV. A Draw and Stop for Shifting the Leg to avoid a Cut and Counter on the Head or Arm. — FEINT AND CUT AT THE ARM. — GUARD FOR THE ARM. The Engaging Guard. — PLATE XV. Guard for an Upward Cut at the Fork . — STRAIGHT THRUST. — RETURNS. — STOP THRUSTS. — PLATE XVI. To Deceive the Beat under the Blade (Quarte Thrust). — To Avoid This. — PLATE XVII. Stop Cut after Deceiving the Beat over the Blade. — To Draw the Stop Thrust and Stop Cut. — PLATE XVIII. Another Stop Thrust used against a Man who Longes with his Arm Bent, or who Draws his Hand Back when Attacking. — REMISE. — REPRISE ATTACK. — PLATE XIX. Time Thrust with Opposition. — PLATE XX. A Time Cut. — DRAWING. — OBSERVATIONS ON FEINTING. — OBSERVATIONS. On Countering and Hard-Hitting. — CUT versus THRUST. — USEFUL HINTS. — EXERCISES. — THE SALUTE. — RULES. — DRESS FOR SABRE PLAY. — PRACTICE SABRE.
6. 6.SABRE v. BAYONET. — PLATE XXI. Engaging Guard. — How to Parry his Straight Thrusts and Disengagements. — How to Parry, “Feint a Straight Thrust, and Disengage.” — How To Parry “One, Two.” — RETURNS. — From Parrying Prime. — From Seconde. — PLATE XXII. PARRY OF TIERCE. — From Tierce. — PLATE XXIII. PARRY OF QUARTE. — From Quarte. — HOW TO ATTACK A MAN ARMED WITH A RIFLE AND BAYONET. — PLATE XXIV. To Deceive his Prime. — PLATE XXV. To Deceive his Half-Circle. — PLATE XXVI. To Deceive his Tierce. — PLATE XXVII. To Deceive his Quarte. — GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. — PLATE XXVIII. How to Seize the Rifle after Parrying Prime. — PLATE XXIX. How to Seize the Rifle after Parrying Quarte. — Dress.
7. 7.ON SWORDS. — SCABBARD. — EDGE. — SOME REMARKS CONCERNING SWORD HILTS.
8. 8.SWORD FEATS. — PLATE XXX. Lead Cutting. — PLATE XXXI. To Cut a Sheep in Two at One Stroke. — To Cut a Leg of Mutton in Two at One Stroke. — PLATE XXXII. To Cut a Broom handle or Wand on Two Glasses of Water without Breaking The Glasses or Spilling the Water. — To Cut a Silk Cushion in Two at One Stroke. — PLATE XXXIII. To Cut a Veil in Two at One Stroke. — To Cut a Sheet of Note-paper Unsupported. — To Cut an Orange While Falling. — PLATE XXXIV. To Cut an Apple in Two on a Man’s Hand Without Injuring Him. — To Cut an Apple in a Handkerchief Without Injuring the Latter.
9. 9.RULES OF DUELLING WITH SABRES.
10. 10.THE FOLLOWING ARE THE RULES OF DUELLING WITH SABRES, TRANSLATED FROM “ESSAI SUR LE DUEL,” BY THE COMTE DE CHATEAUVILLARD. — CHAPTER VII. Duel with Sabres. — Duel with Sabres without Thrusts.

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