The Egyptian War of 1882 revealed the poor quality of the swords and bayonets of the British Army for the poor quality of steel causing blades to be broken or bent in action. A committee was appointed to investigate the complaints and the standards of the weapons improved. About that time, Enfield were unable to meet the whole of the demand for swords and bayonets so that an order was placed in German firms at the famous sword manufacturing centre of Solingen. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 126 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1972 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com