Possible Clues:

• Bickered
• 'E debated this with the guard
• Had been contentious, one held
• When 'e answered back, 'e got involved with the guard
• Rag due (anag.)
• A revolutionary concealing gun briefly that's fallen out
• Made like two in a row?
• Quarrelled
• Had a tiff
• Had a battle, perhaps