The Perfection of Military Discipline: The Plug Bayonet and the English Army 1660-1705 by Mark W. Shearwood Includes production from U

Includes production from U

BECKSTRESSER

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The Perfection of Military Discipline: The Plug Bayonet and the English Army 1660-1705 by Mark W. Shearwood Includes production from UTable of Contents The book re evaluates both the plug bayonet as a weapon and its implementation which fundamentally changed how it impacted both the formation and tactics of all armies of the long seventeenth century. The plug bayonets reputation was marred by General Hugh Mackay following his defeat at the Battle of Killiekrankie on the 27th July 1689 when he supposedly stated: 'his men were defeated by an unforeseen technical flaw in their weaponry