THE GREAT DUEL.

Hastings Standard, Issue 401, 17 August 1897, Page 2

THE GREAT DUEL.

A DESPERATE ENCOUNTER. THE PRINCE'S WOUNDS NOT SERIOUS. THE EMPEROR CONGRATULATES THE COUNT. (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) Rome, August lGgf Further details of the duel betlveen Prince Henry of Orleans and the Count De Turin show that it was fought in the Bois Vaucresson, at St. Cloud, and was a sharp, determined encounter, lasting 26 minutes. In the first assault the Prince was saved from a stab by his upper trousers' button, and in the fifth he received a wound on the right side of the lower abdomen. His second thereupon stopped the duel. The doctors state that if the wound had been inflicted half a centimetre further it -would have penetrated the intestines. When the wound had been dressed Prince Henry resumed the contest, and vigorously assumed the offensive until touched in the right breast by his opponent's sword. In the second round, which was" fought at close quarters, the seconds intervened. In the third round the Count received a cut on the back of the right hand, and in the fourth round Orleans' sword bent against Turin's hand, and the latter agreed to a suspension of hostilities. Immediately afterwards the Count started on his return to Italy. Prince Henry afterwards walked to a carriage, in which he was conveyed to the residence of the Due de Charters. No important organ was touched by the wound, and the Prince is doing well. The result of the duel was received with much delight in Italy. The Emperor sent his congratulations to the Count.