DUEL WITH SABRES
HUNGARIANS FIGHT HOURS. [Per Press Association]. BUDAPEST, August 23. Believed to be the longest in history, a duel was fought by Chief Engineer Zboropjaj and Doctor Prueler, fencing expert. The duel lasted for two and a-half hours. They Used light cavalry sabres. Both were wounded early in the combat and again in the twelfth round, when the seconds wanted co stop the light, which continued until the fifty-first round, when.it was declared ended, owing Io the exhaustion of the duellists. The duel originated over an argument at a meeting.
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Grey River Argus, 25 August 1937, Page 7
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