Thursday, August 6, 2015
War - Ww1 - Using The Bayonet Comments
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The Anzac was known in the Great War
As a fierce warrior who knew the score
By 1918 at the end of the war as a seasoned soldier
Whose attacking moves were always much bolder
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8/15/2025 1:40:16 PM # 1.0.0
read All Quiet on the Western Front, by Remarque, and A Fortunate Life, by AB Facey for first hand reports of what bayonets do, Paul, and re the first, what opposing soldiers do to captured enemy soldiers found to have filed saw-teeth into the blunt side of their bayonet.
I have read both. The move is a thrust to knock the opposing soldier's rifle away and parry forward with the bayonet striking the artery in the neck. Its a move ANZACs perfected and gave them an edge in battle. They also were early in promoting from the ranks - something that meant officers ended up being good practical troops.