SINGLE COMBAT.
AS A MEANS OF SETTLING A DISPUTE. SUCCESSFULLY TRIED. (Received 4, 11.45 a.m.) London, January 3. The Press Association states that a Scottish infantry regiment at Longmoor Camp, Petersfield, enraged at being refused a holiday on New Year’s Day, smashed their lints and assailed the officers with stones. The men formed a square. The sergeants attempted to rush the position. T.iey received bayonet wounds. One was shot seriously. Eventually an officer, who is a noted boxer, challenged the moil’s representative to single combat. The officer vanquished him and the disturbance subsided.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 18, 4 January 1912, Page 6
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93SINGLE COMBAT. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 18, 4 January 1912, Page 6
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