THE SHORNCLIFFE ARCHIVE 5: SWORD EXERCISES AND DESIGN FOR THE CAVALRY: TWO STUDIES BY LE MARCHANT & MAREY.
Code: KT214
Price: £26.5
Category(s): New Books, Our Publications, Napoleonic,
281pp., illustrated with the original plates from each volume plus additional photographs courtesy of Olympia Auctions. This volume deals with the sword exercise for the British cavalry, using a rare manual for the use of Volunteer troops (1795) and a reproduction of the most influential sword exercise manual by Le Marchant (1796) used throughout the Napoleonic Wars, plus an English translation of a later French manual which discusses the merits of different sword forms. https://www.academia.edu/120690752/SA_05_Sword_Exercise_and_Design_for_the_Cavalry_Two_Studies_by_Le_Marchant_and_Marey