I have republished Instructions in Bayonet Fighting, 1907.

As always, the download is free:
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/instructions-in-bayonet-fighting/7621404

Blurb:

In 1907, the War Office of Great Britain authored a new Bayonet training manual. Intended to update the Bayonet training section of the 1905 Training Manual, this short text lays out a course for training raw recruits in the use of the Bayonet affixed to the, then standard, Lee-Enfield bolt action repeating rifle.

Measuring as much as 53" long with bayonet affixed, and tipping the scales at a bone crushing 8.8 lbs., half spear, half club, the rifle with bayonet made a truly dangerous melee weapon; and the British soldiers were expected to become familiar with it.

To that end, the manual lays out a regiment of 17 lessons consisting of drills lasting an hour a day over the course of twelve days leading eventually to "Assaulting" or "Loose Play."

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Oooh, cool!

SIIIIICK! You should have a stickied thread or something with links to everything you've published all in it and just keep adding to it when you put together more stuff.

SIIIIICK! You should have a stickied thread or something with links to everything you've published all in it and just keep adding to it when you put together more stuff.
This is easy enough. Still, I appreciate the support. :-)

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Thanks Kirk.

Shortly after both sides of WWI had fixed bayonet ranks charging into machine gun lines.

How about WWII where the bayonet, although used more as a utility tool, was still sometimes used in H2H combat (probably more in the Pacific theater?

Do you know if the same training for bayonet was still being used?

Did the Fairbairn/Sykes method influence bayonet drill?

Thanks Kirk.

Shortly after both sides of WWI had fixed bayonet ranks charging into machine gun lines.

How about WWII where the bayonet, although used more as a utility tool, was still sometimes used in H2H combat (probably more in the Pacific theater?

Do you know if the same training for bayonet was still being used?

Did the Fairbairn/Sykes method influence bayonet drill?
WWI created a change in the way a lot of things were taught. However, infantry tactics were slower to change than a lot of others. In WWII, the Brits were still using a variant of the box fed, bolt action Lee-Enfield rifle.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

WWI created a change in the way a lot of things were taught. However, infantry tactics were slower to change than a lot of others. In WWII, the Brits were still using a variant of the box fed, bolt action Lee-Enfield rifle.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Well, germany was also using the "Mauser 98" as the standard infantry weapon at that time. The "98" meaning that it was comissioned by the prussian army in 1898, as a successor to the "Gewehr 88" from 1888. So at least the anachronisms where equaly shared on both sides. :-)

Thanks for keeping up your good work. I´ll probably skip this one though, due to not liking to use my quite high-precision mauser as a club :-)

Keep rocking!