Edward Somer Cocks
This officer, who was killed in the Peninsula fought a duel with Quatermaster August Schaumann over the latter's theft of his mistress. Does anyone know the date of this encounter?
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I have looked at "Wellington's Spies", the Cocks biography and Schaumann's memoirs and no mention of a duel. And if their resepctive letters and memories are correct there does not appear to be a lot they'd fight over. Both were keen to avoid any lasting attachment with the girl although Cocks does have regrets. I wonder if I have read that they "duelled over" Josepha, or fought over her and that I have misinterpreted this as a duel? It's possible but I don't think so. I wish I could remember where I saw this mention of a duel, I have checked all the likely books in my collection but over the years I have quite a few others no longer to hand.