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Glasgow Weekly Times
Glasgow, Howard County, Missouri
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In France, historian M. Thiers and Red Republican Louis Bixio fought a duel over Bixio's claim that Thiers called Louis Napoleon's election a disgrace to France. They exchanged shots at the Bois de Boulogne without injury and returned to the Assembly.
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"The cause of the meeting seems to have been the assertion of Bixio in the Assembly, that he had heard Thiers say, that the election of Louis Napoleon would be a disgrace to France. A cartel instantly passed--the parties, with their friends, drove to the Bois de Boulogne, and exchanged shots at twenty paces; and then they drove back unharmed to the chamber to hear the conclusion of the debate--the whole affair consuming less than half an hour--commencing at four in the afternoon and the belligerents being hardly missed from their seats."
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Bois De Boulogne
Event Date
A Few Days Before The Sailing Of The Last Steamer
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exchanged shots without harming each other; unharmed
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M. Thiers and Louis Bixio dueled after Bixio claimed in the Assembly that Thiers said the election of Louis Napoleon would be a disgrace to France. They drove to the Bois de Boulogne, exchanged shots at twenty paces, and returned to the chamber unharmed, the entire affair lasting less than half an hour starting at four in the afternoon.