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The 1800s is an ideal period for the study of cut and thrust swords. A wide variety of texts on broadsword, sabre, and cutlass are available in digital or reprint form. This teaching guide is designed to provide the historical fencing instructor a guide to six significant texts by: ... C. Roworth 1804 edition (Great Britain), ... Captain Matthew Berriman 1861 (United States), ... Lieutenant Giuseppe Riboni 1862 (Sardinia), ... Stonehenge and J. Wood 1863 (Great Britain), ... A. Corbesier 1869 (United States), and ... Commander C. Burney 1871 (Great Britain). Each volume has been outlined, its contents grouped in standard format, with techniques parsed to facilitate group drills or individual instruction, and commentary added. As a teaching guide it is designed to support instruction in the actual historical practice of the period 1800-1900. The inclusion of a detailed comparison table helps identify differences and similarities among the sources.