DUEL FOUGHT.
INSULT TO PRINCE. T , . . PARIS. Sept. 13. ine sand dunes near Cabourg were the scene of a romantic single combat with. swords between Baron * Gim.sberg, former director of the opera at Monte Carlo, and the Russian Colonel Bezobrazoff. The quarrel arose in William the Conqueror's ancient inn. where the tw T o men were lunching. Bezobrazolf gave expression to unpleasant criticism of the princely family of Monaco, and the Baron, like a knight of old, took up his sword in defence of his former patron. The challenge was passed oixd tl } Q and the impresario repaiied to a lonely spot on the sands There they fought until the Colonel received a deep wound in the forearm , vn ,” forced to acknowledge himself beaten.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 31 October 1924, Page 8
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124DUEL FOUGHT. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 31 October 1924, Page 8
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