The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-16
ON THE FIELD OF HONOR
PRINCE HENRI SERIOUSLY WOUND
 EDBFT THE COUNT OF TURIN.


 Six Minutes Fighting Was Determined.
 Paris, Aug. 15.-The Count of Turin
 and Prince Henri of Orleans fought a. duel with swords at o'clock this morn
 ing in the Bois de Marechaux at Van
 cresson. Nj. Leontieff acted as umpire.
 The fighting was most determined and lasted twenty-slx minutes. There were five engagements, of which two were at
 close quarters. Prince Henri received two serious wounds, in the right shoul-
 der and the right side of the abdomen
 The Count of Turin was wounded in the right hand. Prince Henri was taken to the residence of the Due de Chartres
 and received medical attention. The condition of Prince Henri of Or
 leans is as satisfactory this evening as could be expected. The doctors, after consultation, have expressed the opin- ion that no important organ was touch- | ed; but absolute rest is necessary for recovery.
 1 Owing to rumors at Naples and else- where the public had not expected that
 the duel would come off. It was, there fore, quite private. The official account | furnished by the seconds recites fully | the circumstances leading up to the encounter: | The Count of Turin, considering the l letters of Prince Henri of Orleans to
 the Figaro offensive to the Italian ar
 my, wrote him on July 6 demanding 1 n otinr ThiS 1atfap pn1l11 not he
 answered until after August il, the day
 of the arrival of Prince Henri in
 France. The prince replied to the
 counts demand by telegram maintain
 ing the right of traveller to record his experiences.
 | The official account then describes the arrangements for the duel gives
 the names of the respective seconds.
 and says that at their first interview they agreed that the encounter was in- evitable. By common accord the con- | ditions were settled as follows: l The weapon to be the duelling sword: each combatant to use that of his own l country, but the blades to be of equal | length; each combatant to be at liberty | to maintain the ground he gains, and each to be allowed the space of fifteen metres within which to advance or re- I tire; each assault to continue four | minutes; the combat to be resumed in l the positions occupied and only to ter minate on the decision of the four sec 1 onds or the advice of the doctor, when i one of the adversaries is manifestly in 8 state of inferiority; the conduct of 1 the meeting to be entrusted alternately to the two parties, lots being drawn at commencement.
 This latter feature of the arrange ments was due to the formal objection
 of the seconds of Prince Henri of Or leans to the direction of the encounter by fifth party At later meeting 1 yesterday the seconds decided upon the l rendezvous.
 | The proces-verbal then proceeds to
 describe the encounter, It says that in i the first assault Prince Henri was hit | in the right breast, though the weapon | did not penetrate beyond the subcuta-
 neous cellular tissue. On the strength
 of the report of the doctors the seconds decided that the combat must go on. 1 The second assault was stopped be- cause the combatants came into close quarters.
 l In the third assault the Count of Tu- rin was hit in the back of the right | hand, but the weapon did not pene- trate beyond the subcutaneous cellular | tissue.
 In the fourth assault the umpire, Ma jor Leontieff declared that the sword
 of Prince Henri was bent and stopped the engagement long enough to furnish his royal highness with a new weapon. In the fifth assault the combatants
 again got into close quarters and were stopped Prince Henri in a counter
 blow, being hit in the right lower region of the abdomen, the doctors on both
 sides examined the wound and declar- ed that Prince Henri was rendered by it clearly inferior to his antagonist.
 Major Leontieff and M. Meturichon pro- posed that the combat be stopped, and this was done by common accord. While his wound was being dressed
 Prince Henri, raising himself upon the
 ground. extended his hand to the Count
 of Turin, saying: "Allow me, monsig- neur. to shake hands with you" The count extended his hand.
 The physicians present were Dr. rou- pet and Dr. Hartmann on behalf of Prince Henri and Dr. Carle on behalf of the Count of Turin. This account
 of the fighting was signed by the sec | onds.
 | Immediately on the crossing of the swords Prince Henri vigorously pressed 1 his adversary. The Count of Turin re- 1 treated to the limit of the ground, and l then, resuming the offensive, touched
 his opponent The third and fourth as- saults ended in long engagements with | in guard.
 l The Temps says that the wound in
 the abdomen of Prince Henri is seri- ous, but not alarming. Had the counts steel gone half a centimetre deeper the | intestines would have been perforated. | After his wound had received a pre- liminary dressing Prince Henri walked
 to his carriage unaided.
 1 The Count of Turin. accompanied by
 his seconds, left Paris. for Italy this af- ternoon. He was not experiencing any ! cpecial distress from his wound l The seconds of Prince Henri of Or | leans were M. De Leontieff, governor ] general of the Equatorial provinces of l Abyssinia, and M. Rauol Mourichon 1 The Count of Turin's were General l Count Avagadro Di Quinto and the
 Marquis Carlo Di Ginori
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