HONOUR UNSATISFIED
FRENCH DUELLISTS CHANGING TO SABRES NO RESULTS WITH PISTOLS NZP A—Copyright Rec. 8 p.m. PARIS, Mar. 24. Honour remained unsatisfied after a pistol duel at dawn to-day in a meadow at Chanteloup, on the outskirts of Paris The contestants were a prominent Paris industrialist, M. Relf, and a well-known water diviner, M. Mespegue, who arrived in cars, each accompanied by two seconds. There was a dispute when the director of the duel, who was instructed to measure out 40 paces, was seen to be taking huge strides. Eventually the duellists, after an adjustment of the distance, fired two shots, without result. They then expressed great dissatisfaction with pistols as a combat medium, and, rejecting their seconds’ attempts at reconciliation, agreed to fight another duel next week with sabres. They refused to give a reason for their quarrel.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27040, 26 March 1949, Page 7
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139HONOUR UNSATISFIED Otago Daily Times, Issue 27040, 26 March 1949, Page 7
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