An Assault At Arms - Sword Versus Bayonet
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Title
An Assault At Arms - Sword Versus Bayonet
Subject
Periodical
Description
Engraving from Harpers Weekly depicting a fencing bout, or assault at arms, between a fencer armed with a fencing sabre (left) and the other with a fencing bayonet (right). A short article on the assault in includes with the article in the top and bottom left of the page.
Date
16 May 1864
Contributor
EJG (Engraver) ; Harpers Weekly (Publisher)
Rights
© Fencing Arms & Artifacts
Format
Page 15.875" tall by 10.5" wide (approximate, cut out from original binding). Image (horizontal) 11.75" wide by 8.75" tall.
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
2020.01.004
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Text
SWORD VERSUS BAYONET.
The question whether the bayonet or the sword is the better weapon in the hands of a soldier is one which still remains undecided, although military authorities are inclined to award the palm to the latter. To non-military persons it would seem to be the more handy weapon, and, weilded by a skillful swordsman, would probably, as a rule, be at least a match for the heavier bayonet, although the latter, by reason of its length and weight, forms a very formidable weapon in hands accustomed to its use. The illustration on this page shows an animated trial of skill between two proficients in the use of these weapons, witnessed by a throng of interested spectators.
The question whether the bayonet or the sword is the better weapon in the hands of a soldier is one which still remains undecided, although military authorities are inclined to award the palm to the latter. To non-military persons it would seem to be the more handy weapon, and, weilded by a skillful swordsman, would probably, as a rule, be at least a match for the heavier bayonet, although the latter, by reason of its length and weight, forms a very formidable weapon in hands accustomed to its use. The illustration on this page shows an animated trial of skill between two proficients in the use of these weapons, witnessed by a throng of interested spectators.
Owner / Custodian
Loaned for digitization by Benjamin Bowles
Digitization Record
Digitized by Benjamin Bowles ; Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles
Collection
Citation
“An Assault At Arms - Sword Versus Bayonet,” Fencing Arms & Artifacts, accessed December 3, 2023, https://fencingexhibit.com/items/show/92.
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