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The Brown Bess was equipped with a triangular bladed offset [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonet bayonet]. The musket's slow reload time meant that numbers of the charging enemy were often able to get through to the infantry line. The bayonet was then the soldier's only defence. The sword bayonet was developed for the Pattern 1856 Enfield and was able to be used detached from the rifle as a weapon or as a general tool. In 1871 the [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyarmaments/daggers/bayonetelcho.htm Elcho Bayonet] was designed to work with the Martini-Henry rifle.