Bayonet charge

• Bayonet charge poem
• It involved soldiers charging at enemy lines with their bayonets fixed to their rifles, intending to stab or slash them.
• This tactic was often used when advancing through no man's land towards enemy trenches.
• Infantry regiments were organized into battalions, which consisted of four companies.
• The bayonet was an essential weapon during the Napoleonic Wars as it allowed infantry units to engage in close combat when facing cavalry charges or other hand-to-hand situations.
• In some cases, the bayonet charge could be successful if executed properly and with sufficient numbers of soldiers.
• Each company had two platoons, each commanded by a lieutenant.
• ‘ suddenly he woke and he was running’
• ‘ bullet smacking the belly out of the air’
• ‘ in what cold clock Work of the stars’