GIPSY FIGHT
THE DEAD AND WOUNDED, THIRTY-FIVE ARRESTS, [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] Times— Sydney Sun Special Cables (Received 8.0 a.m.) Madrid, October 20. A pitched battle occurred at MarIcella between rival Gipsy tribes over the profits of a sale of mules and ! donkeys. The men and women participated, but the onlookers wisely did not interfere, as a knife came into play. The agility displayed was remarkable. Two were dead and nine wounded after half-hour’s battle. The civil guard appeared, and charged the combatants with fixed bayonets, stopping the fight and arresting twenty men and fifteen women.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 43, 21 October 1913, Page 5
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95GIPSY FIGHT Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 43, 21 October 1913, Page 5
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