Cut at his left wrist.
Thrust straight when the line in which he is engaged is not closed.
Disengage with a thrust either from tierce to quarte or from quarte to
tierce.
PLATE XXIV.
TO DECEIVE HIS PRIME.
[Illustration: PLATE XXIV.—CUT INSIDE OF WRIST AFTER FEINT AT HEAD TO
DECEIVE PRIME.]
Feint at head and thrust under his guard. (Hand in tierce and opposite
your right shoulder.)
Ditto, and cut inside his left wrist (_vide_ Plate XXIV.).
Ditto, ditto, inside his leg.
[Illustration: PLATE XXV.—CUT AT HEAD AFTER FEINT AT INSIDE LEG TO
DECEIVE HALF-CIRCLE.]
PLATE XXV.
TO DECEIVE HIS HALF-CIRCLE.
Feint at inside of leg, and thrust at left breast over the guard. (Hand
in quarte and opposite your left shoulder.)
Ditto, and cut at his head (_vide_ Plate XXV.). Ditto, ditto, at his
left wrist.
[Illustration: PLATE XXVI.—THRUST IN QUARTE AFTER FEINT IN TIERCE. “ONE,
TWO” TO DECEIVE TIERCE.]
PLATE XXVI.
TO DECEIVE HIS TIERCE.
Feint a thrust in tierce (his left breast) and disengage with a thrust
into quarte “One, Two.” (Hand in tierce and opposite your right
shoulder, _vide_ Plate XXVI.)
Feint a cut at his left side and cut at his right.
Ditto, ditto, at his left cheek and cut at his right.
[Illustration: PLATE XXVII.—THRUST UNDER LEFT ARM AFTER FEINT IN QUARTE
TO DECEIVE QUARTE.]
PLATE XXVII.
TO DECEIVE HIS QUARTE.
Feint a thrust in quarte (his right breast) and disengage with a thrust
in tierce “One, Two.” (Hand in quarte and opposite your left shoulder.)
Feint a thrust in quarte, and disengage under his left arm “One, Two,
Low.” (Hand in quarte and opposite your left shoulder, _vide_ Plate
XXVII.)
Feint a cut at his right side and cut at his left arm.
Ditto at his right cheek and cut at his left.
All the above-named attacks may be preceded by a beat or an advance and
beat.
The stop thrusts, time thrusts with opposition, remise, redouble, and
reprise can be made upon you by a man armed with a gun and bayonet, and
you can use them against him under the same circumstances as when
opposed to a sabre.
To avoid his stop thrusts, you must adopt the methods recommended when
opposed to a man who engages in tierce or quarte (_vide_ page 78).