The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-03-04
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| Battle In tae .lanajs at E"a-rH
| Hist"rS-Irn rhonsand Witnesses
t0 The Terrible Work 1i Oa.. SvS6rd.
To Civ An ilt:.l ~ what 81 ;'!aYC inau
ran IL. il ht. Knows FENCING thur.ughly
and lHT Keeps rC,.! ini collected III
laitlrr Ne VII. rr.!!.tIc - historical lEsI.
So Extraordinary il; I'll, coIuhat thAt Il
| would lie held II I1..I;tHc- lad Il u0r
been u itTtrSscq J.! II ~ Guie. 4gmH. IL
Ecrr il lean i.,.,Il., lie 81 Tilr great
masters OF thc hsclnIiAy: at last zen.
fury. and lhr duel Happened in Matirid
in lSl". He WAS lhc gnstcr-ai-'!riuS If
tho Thirty-Secuud regiment Of French
infantry. Tho First regiment. r"In-
posed entirely Of Italians. formed part
of the same brigade.
R"yimrutal esprit Il. ,:"cp> and rival
rirS nj nationality caused constant
GuarrciS, when swords WcTr Gilcn
whipped ont or huilets exchanged
After :; small battle had occurred in
the streets of Madrid. III which ever
200 French and iralian soldiers had
taken part, the officers of the IN" rr:j-
mentS. in Il council at Ear assembled
decided to give such breaches OF order
II great blow and ia re-cSiai.!;>h tt:+ri
pline They ircrtr'd that The masters
alarms nj Inc tMn regiments should
lake up the quarrel and fight il ont
Imagine whole army in battle ARRAY
on unc "C tho large plains l!,;,l sur
round Madrid. In The ccatcr i large
ring is LETT open Tor the contestants
This apol is raised above the plain 81
that nor one OF the spectators UI This
tragic scene cayiy dressed Officers.
soldiers i'll !inr. Slani:iF,l>. Excited as
never Il bull light excited then! will
Miss ole phase u tho contest. ii i
before lu.tHiu men thar rho iinn,r 1T au
army j about ~ TX arefr-s,i III The
blood OF thirty brave rnen.
The drum is heard. 'fmn tnnu. naked
10 the whist. step in the riGs. The !!rSt
is tail and strong Ills black eyes roll
disduiniulY upon the gaping crowd.
He IS Gitrolnn F'crrari. The celebrated
Italian. The SECOND. iail. Also iiand.
some and with muscles like steel. stands
modestly mwaitin. Tie word OF coIi-
mand. Ills namc j. Ir2u Enu:S. The
seconds take GhciG pilc"S an r;th,I side
Of their principals. y i"athikr silence
en$uc~.
''pn guard"
atl-
como Frrrari !uGarS repeatedly 1t Jean
Louis but IN vain. His every thrust is
met by parry. He makes up his mind
10 bide his chance and carcsSi$ and |
leases his opponents blade. Jean Louis. |
calm and Watchful. h.GiiS himself 10 |
the play. when, quicker than lightning. /!
the Italian jumps aside with loud |
yell and makes q terrible hinge NJ Jcan |
Louis, u Florcntine trick. often sic |
c,.SSfui Eat with extraordinary rapid. !
ity Jean Louis has pNrried and rispnSts |
quickly in the shoulder.
1T is nothing" cries Giacono: "a |
mere Scratch" And they again fall Oft !
guard. Almost directly he is l.it in the |
breast This time the sword nj Jean |
Louis, who is now attacking. pcnetrates |
deeply. Giacomo's face becomes livid. |
his sword drops from his hand, and he !
falls heavily on the turf. He is dead.
Jean Louis is already i'll position. lie |
wipes his reekins blade; then, with the |
point of his sword On the ground, II" |
calmly awaits the next man.
The best fencer nf the First regiment |
has Just been carried away u corpse. |
but the day is not yet over. Fourteen
adversarieS are there, impatient to |
measure swords with the conquerur, |
burning to avcnge the master they had
deemed invinclhlc.
Jean Louis hardly had two minutes
rest. He is ready. \ new adversary |
stands before him. y sinister click of |
swords is heard, hinge, a parry. i ris- |
post and then Il cry, sigh, AMI all is |
over. \ second body is before Jean
Louis.
\ third adversary advances. They |
want Jean Louis to rest. Il am not !
tired" he answers, with smile.
The signal il given. The italian is as |
tall as the one who lies there u corpse |
covered by military cloak. lie has |
closely watched Jean Louis play and |
thinks lie has Guessed the secret OF his |
victories. He mu;iplies his feintS and |
tricks; then, all AT once, bounding Ike a !
tiger on his prey, he gives his opponent !
Il terrible thrust in the lower line. Put !
Jean Louis sword has parted and is |
now deep within his opponents breast. |
What need We ID relate any more? |
Zen new adversaries followed him, and
the ten fell before Jean Louis amid The |
excited rells and roars of an army.
At the Request IF the Thirty second
regiments colonel. who thought the les
son sufficient, Jean Louis after much |
pressing consented to stop the combat, |
and he shook hands with the two sur. |
vivors, applauded by 10000 men.
From that day fights ceased between |
French and Italian soldiers.
This wonderful and gigantic combat !
might lie held Ii fable were not all the |
facts above stated still found in the !
archives Of the ministry OF wGr.-i.ip |
pincott'S.
knew Three of Them.
Dearboru-Do you know the seven
wonders Of the world?
Wabash Well, ! know three of them. |
Only three"
''Ies: I've only been married three |
times, yon know
Working Up to 1t.
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