Weapons a Brief Discourse On Hand Weapons Other Than Fire Arms

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Weapons a Brief Discourse On Hand Weapons Other Than Fire Arms
Bertram Edward Sargeaunt
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Swiss halbard, fourteenth century.
5. Chinese glaive.
6. German catchpole, sixteenth century. - 'f^*^ '' ^\^ 7. Chinese bill.
8. Chinese trident spear.
9 Scottish Lochaber-axe of the fifteenth century.
10. Swiss morgenstern, fifteenth century ; the head is a wooden ball studded with iron spikes.
IL English black bill of the early part of the sixteenth century; it is interesting owing to its possessing two hooks.
PLATE 5.
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CHAPTER III WEAPONS FOR THRUSTING OR STABBING The Lance T
...o what extent distinction may be drawn between the lance and the spear is difficult to determine. It would seem that the lance was at all times essentially a weapon for thrusting, while the spear was one for either thrusting or hurling : also during modern times the lance would appear to have been almost always fitted with a shoe, while the spear was not. In the past the lance, spear, and pike * seem to have been constantly confused, and the German term for a lance f was actually ' Speer. ' In ancient French these three weapons were all known by the one word ' bois.

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