The Yorkshire Evening Post - Thursday, April 18, 1895

A DUEL ABOUT OSCAR.

A duel was fought in the neighbourhood of Paris yesterday, between Messieurs Jules Huret and Catulle Mendes, two well-known literary men. M. Mendes received a slight wound. The duel arose out of some remarks which M. Huret made in which he referred to the amicable relations subsisting between M. Mendes and Mr. Oscar Wilde, and to which M. Mendes took exception.

The Freeman’s Journal - Thursday, April 18, 1895

[...]A duel was fought in the neighbourhood of Paris yesterday afternoon between Messieurs Jules Huret and Catulle Mendes, two well-known literary men. The weapons used were swords, and the encounter resulted in M Mendes receiving a slight wound. The duel arose out of some remarks which M Huret made in the Petite Chronique des Lettres, in which he referred to the amicable relations subsisting between M Mendes and Mr Oscar Wilde, and to which M Mendes took exception. It is believed other duels arising out of the same motive are pending.

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