“And here’s to Murphy and Devine
Of honour and renown
Who did escort our heroes
Unto the battle ground
And said unto our colonel
“We must fight hand to hand
Until we plant the stars and stripes
Way down in Dixieland”
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Even though bayonets were standard issue and every soldier was taught how to use them, they only accounted for around 1% of casualties – not cause there weren’t bayonet charges, but cause one side or the other would almost always run away before contact. Movies undersell how deathly afraid everyone was of fighting like this.
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“And here’s to Murphy and Devine
Of honour and renown
Who did escort our heroes
Unto the battle ground
And said unto our colonel
“We must fight hand to hand
Until we plant the stars and stripes
Way down in Dixieland”
Even though bayonets were standard issue and every soldier was taught how to use them, they only accounted for around 1% of casualties – not cause there weren’t bayonet charges, but cause one side or the other would almost always run away before contact. Movies undersell how deathly afraid everyone was of fighting like this.