1.   But that made no difference - he knew he stood no chance against the oriental in single combat.

2.   El Cid upholds his honour and that of his King by defeating an enemy champion in single combat.

3.   Finally Turnus and Aeneas meet in single combat.

4.   He had already defeated an enemy champion in single combat.

5.   In all armies there were officers who needed to prove their bravery by single combat.

6.   It was Melwas who suggested single combat.

7.   The champion called out a challenge to single combat.

8.   Two of the enemy, mounted, appeared before them for single combat.

9.   Apparently, King John and Philippe II of France were in dispute over the duchy of Normandy, and agreed to settle the matter by single combat.

10.   Never since the Middle-Ages and the invention of the long-bow had the battlefields of Europe seen this kind of single combat.