although physical control Control of the tachen islands changed Change_of_leadership hands during the crisis , american reportage focused Aiming exclusively on kinmen ( quemoy ) and matsu islands , sites of artillery duels between the communists and the kmt nationalists .

From 1808 the grove witnessed Know approximately fifty duels Hostile_encounter by gentlemen , military officers , and politicians , settling `` affairs of honor '' .

The exact number of duels Hostile_encounter and the names of all the participants Participation who fought Hostile_encounter at Bladensburg may never be known Know because surviving records Recording are obscure Having_or_lacking_access , the events are not well documented Recording - and dueling Hostile_encounter was illegal Legality .

These initially took Creating the form of limited Limiting artillery duels and small-scale incursions into Sinai , but by 1969 , the Egyptian Army judged itself prepared GetReady for larger-scale operations .