Artifact Detail
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| Marines Repelling Attack at Guantanamo, Cuba |
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| Document |
| Spanish American War |
| Page taken from "Harper's Pictorial History of the War with Spain" titled "The Fight at Guantanamo, Marines Under Lieutenant Colonel Huntington Repelling and Attack". Drawn by F.C. YOHN. |
| Probably Authentic |
| Related: Bayonet |
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| Related Facts | |
| The term bayonette itself dates back to the second half of the 16th century. Pierre Borel wrote in 1655 that a kind of long-knife called a bayonette was made in Bayonne but does not give any further description so it is not known if it was meant to be attached to a firearm. |