A Duel with Daggers.
-+ A remarkable duel, whose bloodthirsty character w unsurpassed in the annals of Italian afiairs of honour, has just taken place in the forest of La Rocoa. The combatants were two well-known gentlemen, Count Bertazzoli and Signor Calderoni. They are both in love with the same lady, and the differ ences between them reached a climax some days ago. They accordingly agreed to fight, without seconds, a duel to the death- The weapons chosen were daggers. They met in the wood without witnesses, and were fighting for three-quarters of an hour. Both were stabbed in many places, but neither could kill or disable the other. With blood flowing from many wounds, they continued to combat till neither was able to stand, and when found by servants wh<? had been directed to oome tor them at a certain hour, both were lying helpless from their wounds. They were hurried at once to the hospital and treated, but . it is not yet known what the result will • be, as their condition from loss of blood is oritioal, -=——== I
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 2 January 1892, Page 3
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179A Duel with Daggers. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 2 January 1892, Page 3
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