tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post6517882500754917776..comments2024-03-29T05:28:17.263-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Fix, BAYONETS!!OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2527693773799795192019-02-10T12:25:12.723-08:002019-02-10T12:25:12.723-08:00That Burgess book looks interesting. Is it worth a...That Burgess book looks interesting. Is it worth a read?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37471505340135170092019-02-10T12:21:55.946-08:002019-02-10T12:21:55.946-08:00Well, in my defense I was answering comments on my...Well, in my defense I was answering comments on my cellphone as midnight approached on Saturday. Tiny keyboard, fat fingers, not a good mix.<br /><br />The defense rests...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14912957574272331382019-02-10T00:21:12.496-08:002019-02-10T00:21:12.496-08:00I think OldAFSarge wins the Loquacious Commenter a...I think OldAFSarge wins the Loquacious Commenter award, stripping it from PLQ's hands...Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58548584669410223622019-02-09T23:53:51.128-08:002019-02-09T23:53:51.128-08:00Yep, I know that one, it's noted in Anthony Bu...Yep, I know that one, it's noted in Anthony Burgess's "Napoleon Symphony." And in Chandler.<br />Captain Obvioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716019230081791315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37617359738202632692019-02-09T19:33:40.425-08:002019-02-09T19:33:40.425-08:00How very British.How very British.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55359051753952225192019-02-09T19:33:09.829-08:002019-02-09T19:33:09.829-08:00Very true.Very true.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-5066196750682362512019-02-09T19:32:40.845-08:002019-02-09T19:32:40.845-08:00Very nice.Very nice.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-57413845366050814752019-02-09T19:32:20.356-08:002019-02-09T19:32:20.356-08:00Nice.Nice.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-42504754796467122472019-02-09T19:31:22.414-08:002019-02-09T19:31:22.414-08:00Captain O - After fhe Battle of the Pyramids, Napo...Captain O - After fhe Battle of the Pyramids, Napoleon's troops used their bayonets to fish dead Mamelukes out of the Nile. They would bend them like fish hooks. And yes, ACW bayonets make great candle holders. DAMHIKOldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36054618857860501052019-02-09T19:29:08.010-08:002019-02-09T19:29:08.010-08:00John - I'll have to check that out.John - I'll have to check that out.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-29905136379033970132019-02-09T19:28:25.718-08:002019-02-09T19:28:25.718-08:00Even an unsharpened German entrenching tool is a n...Even an unsharpened German entrenching tool is a nasty weapon. I have one, it's made for cracking heads. Oh yes, and digging.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3273647719573945942019-02-09T19:26:53.644-08:002019-02-09T19:26:53.644-08:00Excellent details John, thanks!Excellent details John, thanks!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32699873247350353702019-02-09T19:26:23.291-08:002019-02-09T19:26:23.291-08:00Yup.Yup.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79923684317633168852019-02-09T19:26:11.868-08:002019-02-09T19:26:11.868-08:00I'll have to track that down, love Chandler.I'll have to track that down, love Chandler.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33060774556463814382019-02-09T19:25:33.718-08:002019-02-09T19:25:33.718-08:00All of the singing in Zulu is spine tingling.All of the singing in <i>Zulu</i> is spine tingling.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-47162126808858292262019-02-09T19:24:36.617-08:002019-02-09T19:24:36.617-08:00You can't dwell on it, that way lies madness.You can't dwell on it, that way lies madness.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52647815013029879332019-02-09T19:23:53.409-08:002019-02-09T19:23:53.409-08:00Well put, Paul.
🤣Well put, Paul.<br />🤣OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58639577308472574152019-02-09T19:23:30.728-08:002019-02-09T19:23:30.728-08:00Indeed!Indeed!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-42194302497683626742019-02-09T19:23:12.276-08:002019-02-09T19:23:12.276-08:00Minus 10? Yikes.Minus 10? Yikes.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23782905107165208542019-02-09T12:46:13.127-08:002019-02-09T12:46:13.127-08:00To your Suvorov quote let me add Sir Hugh Gough. ...To your Suvorov quote let me add Sir Hugh Gough. At the battle of Sobraon, when told that his troops were running out of ammo, he exclaimed, "Thank God! Then I'll be at them with the bayonet!"Captain Obvioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716019230081791315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-13806180662840679292019-02-09T11:35:32.694-08:002019-02-09T11:35:32.694-08:00Another thing about the fearsome bayonet is the un...Another thing about the fearsome bayonet is the unspoked agreement by all soldiers that once it gets to hand-to-hand, there are no holds barred and no quarter given. One can still stop the shooting from a distance, stop the artillery, stop the planes. One can't stop a bayonet charge, it just doesn't happen.<br /><br />Thus, the fear of 'Fix Bayonets' is a real one. It means literally 'Victory or Death.' 'Balls to the Wall.' And so forth.<br />Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50166714737913811452019-02-09T10:26:35.549-08:002019-02-09T10:26:35.549-08:00Retreating this day and the next,
We wonder'd...Retreating this day and the next, <br />We wonder'd when's our battle, vext; <br />The veterans talk'd upset: <br />"What then? we're off to winter dorms? <br />Go the commanders by new norms; <br />Daren't they rip foreign uniforms <br />On Russian bayonet?" <br /><br />- Mikhail Lermontov, "Borodino"<br /><br />Yup, they sure liked the bayonet.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40546571567661055002019-02-09T10:22:03.422-08:002019-02-09T10:22:03.422-08:00The ACW bayonet was mostly used as an improvised t...The ACW bayonet was mostly used as an improvised tent peg, a coffee grinder and a candle-holder.Captain Obvioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716019230081791315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15784188338607467872019-02-09T10:18:12.740-08:002019-02-09T10:18:12.740-08:00Sir Michael Caine talks about his time in Korea--
...Sir Michael Caine talks about his time in Korea--<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxJI7Uz8xnURHT447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78856404212071891732019-02-09T09:57:09.651-08:002019-02-09T09:57:09.651-08:00There is a huge six volume set “The Medical and Su...There is a huge six volume set “The Medical and Surgical history of the War of the Rebellion,” an exhaustive study of the types of wounds, and diseases, and their treatment, and the outcomes. It is loaded with statistical information, as well as loads of illustrations for the medical professional, but not for the squeamish. It provides information on the source of the wounds, often surprising. <br /><br />While there were a fair number of puncture wounds from bayonets in battle, there were also a huge number incurred in fights over card games in camp, accidents, prisoners stuck by guards, etc. <br /><br />You can read on line or download a .pdf copy from http://www.archive.org/index.php by entering the book title there.<br />John Blackshoe<br />Of course, the vast majority of Civil War deaths were not combat related but from disease and sanitation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com