Transcriber’s Notes
Simple typographical errors were corrected.
Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed.
About This Book
A practical manual that critiques contemporary British sword instruction and sets out a revised infantry sabre regimen. It opens with a detailed critique of official exercises, then gives step-by-step preparatory drills without and with the sword, introduces fore-arm play (manchette), explains grips, guards, footwork, weight distribution, and a set of twelve cuts, and adds an appendix on sabre handles. Emphasis falls on economy of force in thrusts, thumb placement for edge control, natural guard posture, and training methods oriented to practical battlefield use rather than ritualized parade movements.