RETURNS.
The best returns from the different parries are the following, placed in the order of their comparative merits; but their application should greatly depend on the adversary’s defence.
From Parrying Prime.
| Straight | thrust at breast (hand in tierce and opposite your right shoulder). |
| Cut at the | left forearm. |
| Do. | head (left diagonal). |
| Do. | inside leg. |
From Seconde.
| Thrust at | breast over the guard (palm turned down). |
| Cut at the | right side of the head, neck, or shoulder. |
| Do. | left forearm. |
| Do. | outside leg. |
| Do. | inside leg. |
PLATE XXII.—PARRY OF TIERCE.
PLATE XXII.
PARRY OF TIERCE.
From Tierce.
| Thrust | at breast under the guard (hand in tierce and opposite your right shoulder). |
| Cut at | outside right forearm. |
| Do. | head (left horizontal). |
| Do. | do. (right diagonal). |
| Do. | inside leg. |
PLATE XXIII.—PARRY OF QUARTE.
PLATE XXIII.
PARRY OF QUARTE.
From Quarte.
| Thrust under | left arm (hand in quarte and opposite left shoulder). |
| Cut at | left forearm. |
| Do. | head (right horizontal). |
| Do. | do. (left diagonal). |
| Do. | outside leg. |
HOW TO ATTACK A MAN ARMED WITH A RIFLE AND BAYONET.
A man thus armed engages in quarte or tierce, but standing with his left foot in front, his quarte will be your tierce and his tierce your quarte; that is, his right side is his quarte and your right side is your tierce, and vice versâ.
He will parry attacks made at the right side of his head or body with quarte, and those made at the left side of the head or body with tierce.
He will defend the top of his head with prime and his leg with half-circle. In both of these guards his left arm is very much exposed.
The following attacks without a feint may be made:—
Cut at his left wrist.
Thrust straight when the line in which he is engaged is not closed.
Disengage with a thrust either from tierce to quarte or from quarte to tierce.
PLATE XXIV.
To Deceive his Prime.
PLATE XXIV.—CUT INSIDE OF WRIST AFTER FEINT AT HEAD TO DECEIVE PRIME.
Feint at head and thrust under his guard. (Hand in tierce and opposite your right shoulder.)
Ditto, and cut inside his left wrist (vide Plate [XXIV].).
Ditto, ditto, inside his leg.
PLATE XXV.—CUT AT HEAD AFTER FEINT AT INSIDE LEG TO DECEIVE HALF-CIRCLE.
PLATE XXV.
To Deceive his Half-Circle.
Feint at inside of leg, and thrust at left breast over the guard. (Hand in quarte and opposite your left shoulder.)
Ditto, and cut at his head (vide Plate [XXV].). Ditto, ditto, at his left wrist.
PLATE XXVI.—THRUST IN QUARTE AFTER FEINT IN TIERCE. “ONE, TWO” TO DECEIVE TIERCE.
PLATE XXVI.
To Deceive his Tierce.
Feint a thrust in tierce (his left breast) and disengage with a thrust into quarte “One, Two.” (Hand in tierce and opposite your right shoulder, vide Plate [XXVI].)
Feint a cut at his left side and cut at his right.
Ditto, ditto, at his left cheek and cut at his right.
PLATE XXVII.—THRUST UNDER LEFT ARM AFTER FEINT IN QUARTE TO DECEIVE QUARTE.
PLATE XXVII.
To Deceive his Quarte.
Feint a thrust in quarte (his right breast) and disengage with a thrust in tierce “One, Two.” (Hand in quarte and opposite your left shoulder.)
Feint a thrust in quarte, and disengage under his left arm “One, Two, Low.” (Hand in quarte and opposite your left shoulder, vide Plate [XXVII].)
Feint a cut at his right side and cut at his left arm.
Ditto at his right cheek and cut at his left.
All the above-named attacks may be preceded by a beat or an advance and beat.
The stop thrusts, time thrusts with opposition, remise, redouble, and reprise can be made upon you by a man armed with a gun and bayonet, and you can use them against him under the same circumstances as when opposed to a sabre.
To avoid his stop thrusts, you must adopt the methods recommended when opposed to a man who engages in tierce or quarte (vide page [78]).