"Le Contre de Septime" Public Assaults Program

Title: "Le Contre de Septime" Public Assaults Program
Subject: Fencing Societies—France; Programmes; Public Assaults—France
Description: Bifold program for the "Le Contre de Septime" public assaults on April 8th, 1901 presented by a society of military and civilian fencing masters with the same name. Cover in the art nouveau style depicting a long-haired woman wearing a fencing glove, holding a fencing sword, and with a fencing mask at her feet. Back cover depicts a disembodied glove grasping a fencing sword. The event consisted of eight total assaults; six with the foil and one bout each with the sabre and epee de combat. The assaults were directed by Captain LeGlercq of the 7th Artillery Regiment and presided by monsieur Pauwels, "president d'honneur" of the society. The pairings are as follows:

Stordiau - Brusten (foil)
Remes - De Bakker (foil)
Cluytmans - Goujon (foil)
Buquoi - Silvestry (epee de combat)
Herfs - Michiels (sabre)
Goeman - Hansoul (foil)
Van de Wiele - Rabau (foil)
Verbrugge - Jancart (foil)
Creator: Le Contre de Septime
Publisher: Fencing Arms & Artifacts
Date: 08 April 1901
Temporal Coverage: 1900s
Rights: CC BY-NC 4.0
Is Part Of: Benjamin Bowles Collection
Format: Pamphlet
Type: Text
Identifier: 2019.04.006
Extent: Closed: 8.75" tall, 4.125" wide. Open: 8.75" tall, 8.25" wide.
Provenance: Loaned for digitization by Benjamin Bowles; Digitized by Benjamin Bowles; Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles