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In this article I deal with many aspects concerning saber fencing in napoleonic warfare: types of sabers, wounds caused by sabers, saber manuals,...
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this is the only exhaustive article dealing with many aspects concerning the use of edged weapons (c.q. the saber) in napoleonic warfare. A lot of primary sources were used to write this text
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I'm very happy about my article, because I had the opportunity to sum up almost all info about fencing with the saber in napoleonic warfare
dr Bert B. Gevaert
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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This page is a summary of: The use of the saber in the army of Napoleon, Acta Periodica Duellatorum, January 2016, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/apd-2016-0004.
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