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Examples
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And he unified these countries, but under the force of arms, at bayonet's point.
Napoleon Bonaparte 1997
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It was bone handled, with a blade as long as a bayonet's.
Sharpe's Honour Cornwell, Bernard 1985
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The bayonet's menace apparently wasn't enough; the rifle went up to the man's shoulder, and his chin jutted out with the stubbornness of petty authority and reliance on orders.
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973
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There would be no need to conduct Dives to a garret at the bayonet's point, or install Lazarus in Dives's palace by the help of an armed escort.
The Conquest of Bread Peter Kropotkin
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Never pausing to look back, but each successive day driving the enemy at the bayonet's point from works frowning with cannon.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon
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The enemy left a goodish number of dead on the field when they retired, about thirty of whom met their fate at the bayonet's point.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front A. G. Hales
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The Highland Brigade had gazed upon its dead; and neither time, nor change, nor thought of home, or wife, or lisping babe, would wipe the memory of that sight away until the bayonet's ruthless thrust gave Scotland quittance in the rich, red blood of those who did that deed.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front A. G. Hales
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Sad indeed is the fate of that people who make any terms with such an enemy, except such as may be granted at the bayonet's point.
Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens
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Our generals, instead of being supplied with maps covering every inch of country within the enemy's borders, have to gather information at the bayonet's point at a loss to the Empire in men, money, and in prestige.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front A. G. Hales
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Hardee, charged the Federal's right through a deadly hail of artillery and small arms, that darkened the air as thickly as the sleet -- driving him back at the bayonet's point and swinging his front round from his center.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon
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