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Show DUEL TO THE DEATH FOUGHT BY OFFICERS British Private Watches Through Field Glasses While Couple of Germans Battle Behind Wall. Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON', Sept. A graphic story of a fight to a finish between two German Ger-man officers is. told bv Private T. O 'Keill y, Lancashire Fusiliers, in a letter let-ter to his brother in Opcnskaw, Manchester. Man-chester. He says: On Sunday morning last I was told off to fetch two buckets of drinking water, and, by the aid of a pair oi: field glasses, 1 saw two officers of-ficers sheltering behind the battered wall ot what had once beeu a de-ceut-si.ed farmhouse. Every two or three minutes tbey seemed to pass something from one to the other, raise it to their lips, and enjoy what we used to cai at home a good ' ' swig. " After watching them patiently for about three-quarters or an hour, noticed the two officers began to stagger, and one of them brandished a large bottle in the face of his companion. com-panion. The other picked up another bottle and did likewise. At lenglh,. after a lot of shouting, shout-ing, one fellow struck the other a j wliack on the head. Down the poor devil went, and lay there for some minutes. "When he arose he went straight; for his assailant, and a regular rough-and-tumble fight followedfists, fol-lowedfists, feet and bottles being used alternately. They were both soon lying prostrate pros-trate on the ground, and when T made my war to the spot T found that both officers were dead. One hud his skull smashed in. ami i lie other was run through with a sword which still remained firmly imbedded im-bedded in hi? body. |