1612 CE text on close combat with two-hand swords, pole weapons and rapiers. It also includes the dussack, a sport in which men fought with wooden swords until someone's head was bleeding.
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http://www.thortra...ads/JakobSutor.pdf Canadian manual 1941
http://www.thortra...ombatSansArmes.pdf Bayonet manual
http://www.thortra...s/bayonet-1943.pdf German WW2 manual on 'silent killing'
http://www.thortra...wnloads/Abwehr.pdf