Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-08-16
A PRINCELY mr.,

Count of Turin in single Conn.,, q
day morning. The prince "a. n, {
wounded once slightly on tbs ~ >
OF the chest and once more ~. 10y
the lower part of the abdos s''''S
not thought that Prince Tea,
ries are grave enough to o nieNd;
any anxiety. At 5 o'cIoSclI,' s Caa
was issued by his doctors =. aE
he had passed a good dav ssylas
complications had arisen Aua III
The encounter took nlso..
In the morning at that snot q! 9.as
de Vauresson known as tS M SsI
Msrechaut. No one was 'n Ne. BIZ
side the combatants, save t b.'sa
surgeons and one, or, at the t- v.. Nd
two personal friends Of the ,e''!s
Upon the observance Of tSi. pisss
the Count of Turin was in1 NJ, V's
shortly before 5 o'clock N
a friend of Prince Henri. arr RI, Sss I
scene, accompanied by Dr.. Toas.sJ
DR.. Hartmann. A landau 1u..psI
few minutes later CONTAINING 81, l'''Is
of Turin, his seconds and D, ' r. q
surgeon: The count was tail os'
mediately by another laDd '.S': 4
which descended Prince Ben,; A1 q
two seconds, Count Leontisa' u. ~ 4
Maurichon: Having stripped ~ y
and vest, the two principals nv =
places and their swords gers 's -
to them. The Count Of lU,is ny:
wore o heavy leather glove cns.. y
to the Italian fencers, had bis .~.:, i
tached to his wrist BY les,5s s'. '.
When they stood face to tsSs !. :;l
seen that the Count NJ u y
was a little taller than the -, y
Then Count Leontief took NJ rug
place beside the two adverssris. y Z
site to Colo.el Ayagadro, and V a
"Messeigueurs, let NE remind -
the conditions OF the due T..
gained by either OF the combst,o,. MY !.
be retained by him. Upon Won, I ~
you will not cross swords until ! "a l.
uttered the word Co. and -, W y
stop the moment you hear Ii. h. =, :.
Halt - W
Count Leontieff then ysrpsi ,
combatants to put themselye. On i,
guard, and a few seconds lals, ~ ;.
the signal to fight. Prince Ham = !,
tackled Immediately with dery i,''
thence. The Count, all his No. ~
tensed, received Prince Henri. .
slaught in a way that PM hs: M,
familiar to Paris audiences, b,,.,,
ground by little leaps and s,.,'
Prince Henri away by mean: d /
euorilous advantage gwen hin 10 {
length OF reach by the Italian fs:,,
of keeping the sword in straight 7
with the arm stretched to its utn,
limit. The length OF reach is inc,t,.
by the way he stoops forward in rbr
ing or keeping off his aiytn.
Immediately on the crossing
swords Prince Henri vigorously pts:.
his adversary. The Count Of llas,
treated to the limit OF the ground /.
then, resuming the offensive, toea
his opponent. The third and 70,
assaults ended in long engastn.:
within guard. Ia the first assault
cording to the official statement :s:
by the seconds, Prince Henri yx
in the right breast, though the yt.,
did not penetrate beyond the ti;;es
the skin. On the strength ofthe tp
of the doctors the seconds decided /
the combat must 60 on. TIE ;tN
assault was stopped because The G.
batants came into close quarter:
the third assault the Count Of Tt
was hit in the back OF the right b
but the weapon did not penetrate.
the fourth assault the umpire, N. Il
tieff, declared that the sword OF Phi
Henri was bent and stopped the eng
ment long enough to furnish
Prince with a new weapon. 10
fifth assault the combatanls sgaiI
into close quarters and were INIT
ately stopped, Prince Henri, ID
counter blow, being bit in the i
lower region of the abdomen. ID
gone a quarter of an inch further
iotestines would have been periors
The doctors on both sides eIsnl
the wound and declared that III
Henri was clearly rendered by i
weaker condition than bis sntssoi
NJ. Leontieff and NJ. MourichoHEi
posed that the combat be stopped
this was done by common accord.
While his wound was being DE;
Prince Henri, raising himself upon
ground, extended his baud 10
Count of Turin, saying "AlloS
Monseignor, to shake hands win 20
The Count extended his hand. 4
his wound had received prellnl..
dressing Henri walked to bis call
unaided. The Count Of Turin, 500
panied by his seconds, leiI ran;
Italy in the afternoon. he was 90!
periencing any special distress ii0l
slight wound.