, 1881-12-18
CASSAGNAC'S 17TH DUEL.
With Difficulty He Avoids Killing His
Antagonist.

With Difficulty He Avoids Killing His
Antagonist.
Lnndcn Ttleqnsph- q
PARIS, Nov 13-The duel fought yester-
day between II. Paul de Cassagnac and II.
Adrien dc Montetello is, after. the Minis
terial crisis, the event of the day. There
has been for some time n bitter grudge be-
tween the two, which was aggravated by u.
dc Montebel!o's attempt during the cleo
tions to wrest the constituency Of Alariande,
originally represented by II. Granier de
Cassagnac, from his son. The contest WIS
keent but the Bonapartist triumphede never
t1eless. For some weeks there seems to have
been 4 sort Of truce, but II. Paul de lCassag-
nae took ofense at III. de AIontebello's coll
graduating II. Clerneneeau on his attack on
the Government, and on the following day
the Pays appeared with a furious article
against ;!g u: Leon SAYS chief secretary tro,n
insult was too gross to by passed over,
and II. Aurien de MontebelEo accordingly
at once dispatched two of his friends,
the Vicomte do. Saint Pierre, Senator,
II. Paul dc Cassasnac, for the purpose Of
arranging the preliminaries Of hostile en-
counter. These gentlemen were promptly
Joined by II. Georges Erame, Deputy. and
Cummandant Blanc, acting for II. lie Cassag-
take place on Saturday afternoon, at 1::t0
o'clock, at II. BuloZ's estate ut Epinay sir
Seine. punctllai to the minute principals
and seconds appeared at the trystinE place:
but it WAS soon perceived that the ground
selected would not suit, and AL hour was
spent in search Of n hetter arena. Finallya
/, spot was found that answered every re-
llire1nent, and the adversarics We're soon
face to face with each other. It was. Il
battle Of giants. ". dc Cassagrac is Il big,
in hight but lie is small! in comparison to II.
de Atontcbellu, who actually towers above
him, though of very spare build. 10th are
very strong and admirable fencers; but The
Bonapartist proved himself the better man
of the two: After !. pass or two blue vest
worn by n. de AlontebcIln. was pierced by
his atlversary's sword, and he ex-
claimed that he thought he was touched
III the breast. The doctor examined the
place, but found no wound, and tiie combat
was continued. 1t Was ut the fifth pass that
II. de Montebello was wounded in tine right
arm. N. dc HtsSag1iac's weapon penetrating
to the very bone. He dropped his sword,
and II. de- Cassagnac. turning to his seconds,
remarked that lie thought it was all oyer, "
he felt that he had struck home. His pre-
liction proved correct the doctor refusing to
allow the combat to be continued n. de
C;.ssagnac has declared. that although lie
had already. fought sixteen duels, he
had never had sucl, trouble with III
match for lin, u. dc NIontebello WAS very
energetic in his attack, and n. Tie Cassagnac
needed all his address to defent himself, and
to avoid intiicting a mortal wound. on his
opponent at is lucky,'' he remarked to
friend, ''that have been practicins every
day for some time, rs, had heen a littlc
rusty, should have been less sure Of myself,
and the duel might have have terminated i'll
a tragic m:,nner.'' Curiotlsly enough, a
r.1mor was current for seyeral hours last
evening that N. dc Cassagnac mad been ST.
yerely wounded, and that his life was de-
SPARED Of Some even went SO far as to as
sert that he was dead As for II. lie Monte
bello, he returned to the Petit Luxembourg
at ), and found many. OF his friends anxious
Is awaiting his arrival. His wound is not
serious, but few lays rest and care are
needed to set him to rights.