The History of Duelling. Vol. 2 (of 2)Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
Philosophy
The History of Duelling. Vol. 2 (of 2)
Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
Dueling
BETWEEN M. BENJAMIN CONSTANT AND M. FORBIN DES ISSARTS.
June 6, 1822.
On the 6th of June, after the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies,
Benjamin Constant, the celebrated French political writer, demanded
satisfaction of M. Forbin des Issarts, for a letter inserted in the
Paris journal, the Quotidienne of the preceding day. Without any other
explanation, the honourable deputies proceeded on the following morning
to the ground. M. Benjamin Constant was accompanied by General
Sebastiani and M. Girardin, and M. Forbin des Issarts by General the
Count de Bethisy and Colonel Chemoin. M. Benjamin Constant being lame,
he and his adversary were placed at ten paces distant on chairs. They
fired together by signal: neither was hurt, and M. Benjamin Constant
appearing satisfied, the seconds decided that the combat ought to
terminate. According to the French journals, nothing could exceed the
sang-froid that was manifested by the honourable deputies.
BETWEEN M. PINAC AND AN ENGLISHMAN.
July, 1822.
The following account of a fatal duel which took place in the town of
Bagnères, in the department of Upper Pyrenees, is given in a letter to
the editor of the Journal des Débats, of the 29th of July:—“A deplorable
event has just taken place in this town. The unfortunate young Pinac was
interred this day; having been killed in a duel with an Englishman. The
affair did not arise out of any personal quarrel. The Englishman, whose
name is not known, being in the reading-room of Frescati, wrote on the
margin of a pamphlet relating to the battle of Toulouse, that ‘Every
thing in it was false; that Lord Wellington had gained a complete
victory; and that the French army was indebted to his generosity for not
having been put to the sword.’ M. Pinac, a young officer, not in actual
service, on being made acquainted with this circumstance, called the
Englishman to account for having written these words. The authorities
did every thing in their power to prevent the duel; but their
precautions proved ineffectual, and Pinac, having received a ball in his
belly, died some hours afterwards.”
BETWEEN GENERAL PEPE AND GENERAL CARASCOSA.
February, 1823.
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