{"product_id":"instructions-in-bayonet-fighting","title":"Instructions in Bayonet Fighting","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1907, the War Office of Great Britain authored a new Bayonet training manual.  Intended to update the Bayonet training section of the 1905 Training Manual, this short text lays out a course for training raw recruits in the use of the Bayonet affixed to the, then standard, Lee-Enfield bolt action repeating rifle.\u003cbr\u003e\nMeasuring as much as 53\" long with bayonet affixed, and tipping the scales at a bone crushing 8.8 lbs., half spear, half club, the rifle with bayonet made a truly dangerous melee weapon; and the British soldiers were expected to become familiar with it.\u003cbr\u003e\nTo that end, the manual lays out a regiment of  17 lessons consisting of drills lasting an hour a day over the course of twelve days leading eventually to \"Assaulting\" or \"Loose Play.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"War Office","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43998299685025,"sku":"1234568274","price":25.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/12m65kv2-front-shortedge-384_63a977c2-10ae-4a6c-b55c-0ee164ae954b.jpg?v=1747342410","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/instructions-in-bayonet-fighting","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}