Word: rottjer
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...With Pistols. Raul Damonte Taborda had charged that Colonel Rottjer, while Interventor in Buenos Aires Prov ince, permitted fraudulent election practices, thereby disgracing the uniform he wore. That was why the two men faced each other now. Wrists had been band aged, heavy double-edged sabers examined. The points were sharp as needles; front cutting edges "and the first third of each back edge were razor keen...
...Rottjer's long arm reached out firmly, cut and thrust. Damonte parried, thrust savagely. Before the first two-minute bout was over, blood flowed from both men's forearms...
...second bout was savage. Rottjer carved a collop from Damonte's chest...
Angered, acquitting himself surprisingly well for a man who had never used the saber, Damonte pinked Rottjer's forearm, sliced through the thick hairs on his opponent's chest and left a trail of blood...
Visibly weakening in the third bout, Rottjer managed to nip Damonte's shoulder, then gritted his teeth as Damonte's blade cut deep into his own right wrist...