Clubbing The Musket
For centuries people bashed each other with their butts, called ‘clubbing’ the musket. This was almost a necessity before bayonets, but it was still done when people did have bayonets.
Battle of Austerlitz Documentary & Napoleon’s Muskets – Great Battles Review
The Discovery History series Great Battles covers the Battle of Austerlitz in the second season. Unfortunately, they made some very misleading statements about the Charleville muskets used by Napoleon’s army. Let’s have a look at their errors in this video. Extra videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria
Prussian M1811 ‘Blücher’ Sabre vs British 1796 Light Cavalry Sabre
The Prussian M1811 ‘Blücher’ sabre is often mistaken for the British 1796 light cavalry sabre. Here we take a look at the Prussian sword and see why Napoleon called the British a ‘nation of shop keepers’. Extra videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria
Napoleonic British Spadroons: Was the 1796 an IMPROVEMENT on what went before?
The British Army 1796 pattern spadroon (infantry officer’s sword) is often criticized, but how did it differ to what went before and was it worse, or actually an improvement? Extra videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria
History Story Time Part 1: Battle of Waterloo Sword Fight
An account of single combat with swords during the Battle of Waterloo. D. A. Kinsley’s books: https://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?keyWords=D+A+Kinsley&type=
Thousands in Belarus reenact Napoleonic Wars battle
BORISOV, Belarus (AP) — Thousands of people have taken part in a reenactment of the Battle of Berezina, one of the major clashes of the Napoleonic Wars …
Sword Fighting & Winter Clothing
Clothing can change close combat, especially sword fighting, hugely. Heavy winter clothing can approach armour in its defensiveness. Extra videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria
Napoleonic Naval Close Combat with Cutlass, Pistol & Bayonet – Lieut William Pringle Green
A fantastic manual on the use of close combat weapons during Napoleonic naval warfare is now available. The treatise of Lieut William Pringle Green: http://swordfight.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Instructions-for-training-a-ships-crew-in-the-use-of-arms-in-attack-and-defence-by-Lieutenant-William-Pringle-Green-1812.pdf