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Notice of a duel between Monsieur Thomeguex, a well-known amateur and Barré, a left-handed fencing master. The duel was led by Monsieur Breittmayer. After thirty-five minutes with no result, Mr. Breittmayer appealed to the two opponents attempting to…

Interview with the Italian fencing master Agesilao Greco at 89 years of age. Maestro Greco recounts his beginnings at the Scuola Magistrale, athletic conditioning regime, health suggestions, time spent in Argentina, his various duels, and his desire…

Cover engraving depicting the duel between Prince Henri of Orléans and Prince Vittorio Emanuele, the Count of Turin. Vittorio challenged Henri to a duel following Henri's published description of Italian prisoners in Ethiopia as cowards. The duel…

Cover illustration and narrative account of a sabre duel between two Polish women near Lemberg (the German name for Lviv, Ukraine). The two women, just twenty years old, had fallen in love with the same man and thought only a duel could decide…