sword-bayonet

He knew a little of everything, and several times he had been obliged to attend to wounds produced either by a sword-bayonet or shot.

The Mysterious Island 2005

He knew a little of everything, and several times he had been obliged to attend to wounds produced either by a sword-bayonet or shot.

The Mysterious Island 2005

He widened the space by stabbing with his sword-bayonet, each vicious thrust accompanied by a Gaelic war-cry.

Sharpe's Waterloo Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1990

Sharpe thought of the moment at the hilltop when the first green-jacket had gone past him, sword-bayonet fixed, and he recalled another failing of his own.

Sharpe's Rifles Cornwell, Bernard 1988

Rifleman Harper was sharpening his sword-bayonet, doing the job with the obsessive concentration of a man who knows his life depends on his weapons.

Sharpe's Rifles Cornwell, Bernard 1988

He threw down the sword-bayonet and pushed Harper in the chest.

Sharpe's Rifles Cornwell, Bernard 1988

A greenjacket ran past, sword-bayonet already bloodied, then another Rifleman was among the rocks.

Sharpe's Rifles Cornwell, Bernard 1988

Private O'Keefe stood there, except that he was not a Private any longer, but a Sergeant, a huge Sergeant who had a rifle slung on one shoulder, a huge mouthed seven-barrelled gun on the other, and a sword-bayonet at his belt.

Sharpe's Regiment Cornwell, Bernard 1986

She was as faithful as a morning mist, as hard as a sword-bayonet, and that, he thought, made her a suitable reward for a soldier.

Sharpe's Honour Cornwell, Bernard 1985

Harper had cut his way, like Sharpe, through the first rank, but his sword-bayonet was too short and the Irishman was being driven back by two men with bayonets, and Sharpe crushed them to one side with his sword, slicing a vast splinter from the nearest musket, and Harper leapt into the gap, cutting left and right, as Sharpe struggled alongside.

Sharpe's Eagle Cornwell, Bernard 1981