"Nothing up the Spout order?" Topic
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projectmayhem | 19 Sep 2014 4:56 a.m. PST |
Watching the film Gallipoli recently and was curious about the order to attack with 'nothing up the spout, we're going in with the bayonet'. Was this a genuine / typical order or pure cinematic license? I assume the intention was to force men to press home the attack rather than to stop and shoot? |
ochoin | 19 Sep 2014 5:51 a.m. PST |
Common practice for assaults when you want your men to charge rapidly & with vigour. The British assaulting Badajoz in the Peninsular War were given a similar order. Having said that, I don't know if it this is accurate viz Gallipoli. The movie is a great one & very moving but the anti-British sentiment does add a few non-historical "flourishes". |
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