GR translation: With a high slash that Bladdery tries to parry in third

[Mark Kohut]

Regulations and Instructions for the Cavalry Sword Exercises - Page 32

https://books.google.com/books?id=kXti-W8D6mYC
Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office - 1819 - ‎Read
Prepare to give Third Point. Advance the body by the extension of the
left leg, and give Third Point, which when parried, draw back the arm,
ready to parry. Draw back the body and Left Parry. Prepare to Parry.
Left Parry with the body and hips  ...

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 6:26 PM, David Ewers <dsewers at comcast.net> wrote:
> Maybe this (lifted from the wikipedia glossary of fencing):
>
> TierceParry #3; blade up and to the outside, wrist pronated. The point is
> significantly higher than the hand. Covers the outside high line. This is
> the basic en garde position in sabre.
>
> ?
>
>
> On Aug 17, 2015, at 2:53 PM Jolly good day we are having, Mike Jing wrote:
>
> V597.11-17   Krypton stashes Slothrop in a garbage bin and goes looking for
> Seaman Bodine. After a number of short, glittering feints, Purfle dodges in,
> quick as a fighting-cock. With a high slash that Bladdery tries to parry in
> third, Purfle rips through the Commando’s blouse and draws blood. But when
> he goes to jump back, it seems thoughtful Bladdery has brought his combat
> boot down on the American’s low dress shoe, nailing him where he stands.
>
> What exactly is "to parry in third"?
>
>
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