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A FRENCH DUEL.

A duel with swords was fought on Saturday morning at ten o'clock in the Bois de Boulonge, between a student named Boyron and an ex-naval officer, M. Lullier. It seems that on the previous Thursday M. Lullier dined afc a restaurant, at a table adjoining one at which M . Boyron was sitting in company with a lady. M. Boyron considered that M. Lullier stared too persistently at his com. panion, and an angry discussion arose between them, which ended in a blow from the officer. They at once exchanged cards, and a duel was fixed for Saturday. M. Lullier arrived on the ground alone, his seconds having missed the train, but this caused no delay. Of two swords brought by the student the officer took one, offering a cigar to his adversary, and lighting one himself. M. Lullier put himself en garde, telling M. Boyron that he would give him ten minutes to touch him. The combat lasted in fact ten minutes without any result. "Where would you like me to touch you, Monsieur?" said the officer, and no reply being made, he exclaimed, ' One, two," and by a straight thrust, which M. Boyron could not parry, pierced the latter full in his chest. A surgeon who had been brought to the spot by M. Boyron at once attended to him, and he was taken back to Paris in an alarming state, although the doctor thought the wound would not be mortal. — Paris paper.

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Southland Times, Issue 1093, 20 January 1869, Page 2

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A FRENCH DUEL. Southland Times, Issue 1093, 20 January 1869, Page 2

A FRENCH DUEL. Southland Times, Issue 1093, 20 January 1869, Page 2

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