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This article is for historical and academic research only!

This is a section of an article entitled "The Home Guard as Saboteur" which was based on a lectureby Capt. W.F. Crisp (Home Guard Instructors School, Hurlinham!. It appeared in a maa"ine named#$efence % The Ser&ices' aa"ine# and this particular part was in the )pril *+* edition.

 

How to Kill Silently

Now for one or two methods of dealing with SENTRIES. The cleanest and nicest — if one may use that

expression — method of dealing with sentries is undoubtedly the knife correctly applied. !inemas and theatres

ha"e taught us that the way to use a knife is a stab between the shoulder blades. This is not recommended. Thecorrect way to use this weapon is shown in sketch #$# %see below&. The best blade for this should be from '( ins.

to ) ins. preferably double*edged.

The +erman helmet is a particularly efficient one, therefore nothing can be done about a blow on the nape of

the neck while lie is wearing his helmet.

-ailing e"erything else remember that your piece of lead pipe when applied "igorously to the lumbar region will

paralye a man. /fter he is paralyed it is up to you. . . .

/ blow with the side of the palm of the right hand right into the /dam0s apple will either kill your man or

certainly cause insensibility. The 1u*1itsu "ariation of this blow is with the side of the palm or the top lip underthe nose with an upward motion.

The cheese cutter commends itself as a weapon because in the e"ent of your applying the method successfully

you succeed in killing your man twice2

The wire is looped from the back o"er the sentry0s head to catch him across the /dam0s apple. The hands are thencrossed at the back causing a loop in the wire. / strong upward and backward pull aided by the knee in the small

of the back will throttle and break the neck at the base of the skull.

This can be practiced 3uite easily at home by substituting darning wool for wire on your cheese cutter. /lthough

the darning wool will break when pulled it is as well to get your assistant to wear a large woollen scarf to a"oidbeing cut.

Remember that an irregular must try and de"elop a character which combines -rankenstein 1ules 4erne and 5.

+. 6ells. !aution must be your watchword although "ery often you will find that a #soup7on# of audacity will

make the difference between success and failure. 8et your slogan be9

#5e who schemes and runs away li"es to scheme another day.#

 

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