"Thoughts and Observations On The Use Of The Bayonet" Topic
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Tango01  | 11 Jul 2020 10:23 p.m. PST |
""If your bayonet breaks, strike with the stock; if the stock gives way, hit with your fists; if your fists are hurt, bite with your teeth." – Gen. Mikhail Dragomirov "With the bayonet one can do anything." Napoleon "Close combat, man to man, is plainly to be regarded as the real basis of combat." – Carl Von Clausewitz…"
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| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 12 Jul 2020 11:34 a.m. PST |
Isn't there a poem in which a British soldier in the Great War details the many uses of the bayonet from opening food tins to lifting window latches, but notes that he's never stuck a German with it yet, excuse me, nivver stuck a Jerry wiv it yet? It's Kipling, I think, but I don't remember the title of the poem. |
| Tango01 | 12 Jul 2020 3:23 p.m. PST |
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| Wolfhag | 19 Jul 2020 7:56 p.m. PST |
Chesty Puller's response after seeing a demonstration of a new flamethrower: "So where do you put the bayonet?"
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says 'thank you' one more time.