When the order ‘Halt’ is given ground gained is held until a hit has been given. When competitors are replaced on guard, each should retire an equal distance in order to keep fencing distance (cf. t.17 Coming On Guard).

However, if the bout has been stopped on account of a corps à corps, the fencers are replaced on guard in such a position that the competitor who has sustained the corps à corps is at the place which he previously occupied; this also applies if his opponent has subjected him to a fleche attack, even without corps à corps.