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

[Mike Jing]

So "in third position" then?  It appeared many time in that book.

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 6:31 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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