Four french manuals covering the essentials of saber fencing on foot and on horseback, in the fencing hall or on the dueling ground. Written in the century between the fall of Napoleon and the advent of WWI, these manuals offer insight into the manifold uses of this last true vestige of the cut-and-thrust weapon to be used on the field of battle.
Four french manuals covering the essentials of saber fencing on foot and on horseback, in the fencing hall or on the dueling ground. Written in the century between the fall of Napoleon and the advent of WWI, these manuals offer insight into the manifold uses of this last true vestige of the cut-and-thrust weapon to be used on the field of battle.