How do soldiers determine if enemy soldiers who are in the prone position are dead?

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How do soldiers determine if enemy soldiers who are in the prone position are dead?

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Answer 1

Once the battle is over, soldiers would affix a bayonet to their rifle/musket and they would literally just walk the battlefield and drive their bayonet through the bodies of all enemy soldiers.

Prior to muskets and rifles, they’d use swords, knives, and arrows.