A quarrel originating in the West Indies: Finally settled in Yorkshire.

                        

                             Yorkshire

                                                               Duel

On Sunday morning, the 11th instant, at four o'clock, a duel was fought near to York, between Lieutenant Colonel Bell and Mr Crigan, surgeon, both of the 46th regiment of foot, quartered in that city, in which the latter was shot through the body. - He died on Tuesday evening. The Lieutenant Colonel and the seconds had previously left the city. We understand that the cause of the rencontre originated in the West Indies!!

 

         (Courtesy of The Sporting Magazine, June 1797)  

                     David Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk