FRENCH DUEL AT THE FRONT.
In ;i front line trench a few yards from the enemy, two young- French officers of aristocratic descent, quarrelled before witnesses. In ordinary circumstances such a matter could have been adjusted only by recourse to a duel, which would have continued until one or the other fell wounded, but realising that in Avar time their lives belonged to France, the officers decided on a “duel” in which the enemy should be the one attacked. It was agreed that as soon as one of the officers had been wounded honour should be considered satisfied. Each man took two bombs, climbed to the parapet, and threw the bombs in the German trench. The enemy retaliated- and soon one of them was Avonnded in the leg. It was only a slight wound, but his “adversary” helped him back to the trench, the two shook hands warmly, and honour was satisfied.
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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 200, 21 September 1916, Page 5
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152FRENCH DUEL AT THE FRONT. Taihape Daily Times, Issue 200, 21 September 1916, Page 5
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