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The usual start to the month involves Parisians carving lumps out of each other with sharp steel. This month, however, Charles Etfeevor and Hugo Furst settle for a hearty breakfast instead. As they are colleagues in the 13th Fusiliers they prefer suffering the faux pas of not fighting a duel when honour requires it to the major disgrace of fighting a colleague.

"Tiny" Thierry Toothpick turns up for his duel this month and displays unexpected gentlemanly qualities. His opponent, the equally small Louis Severin Descartes, has requested that Thierry not throw any of the knives he uses as his duelling weapon. And Thierry obliges. However, he's forgotten that a knife is, like him, short. As he fails to close with his opponent, his slashes meet only thin air. He concedes the fight after a couple of blows from Louis's sabre.

This year's Jacques As Memorial Stakes, sponsored and hosted by the Crown Prince, is won easily by Con Stantinople. He's lengths clear of Maurice Danseur (second) and Balzac Slapdash (hanging on to Maurice's tail for third). As usual, His Highness watches the race from the comfort of the grandstand along with the competitors' ladies.

Reinforcements bolster the French attacks in the Low Countries, with this month's primary target being Cambrai. Success brings looting opportunities for the Cardinal's Guard and the 53rd Fusiliers with support from Princess Louisa's Light Dragoons. For once the Royal Foot Guards do not do so well.

The full report is available on my website for the next six months: LPBS April 1677 report