THE MOROCCAN TROUBLE.
POSITION BECOMING SERIOUS.
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MOROCCO, August 11. The situation at Rabat is alarming. Europeans and native authorities formed a band of 550 volunteers to defend the walls, but it will be madevjuate iu tli© e venf t a serious attack.
.SEVERE LOSSES BY MOORS.
MOROCCO, August 12. The bombardment of Casablanca on Saturday prevented many thousands of Moors from re-approaching the town. The Moors losses have been terrible since the outset.
FIGHTING ALMOST CONTINUOUS
MOROCCO, August 12. The stench from the corpses at Casablanca is so bad that the air foetid for a mile off the coast, it l. necessary to burn the corpses still UH* 01 The French Admiralty lias thanked Miss Spinney, sister of the Consul at Marzagn, lor nursing the Casablanca wounded. . The fighting outside the town is almost continuous, the French by dauntless valour repelling and driving away groat hordes of tribes. ine latter were decimated while boldly advancing on artillery and maxims.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2157, 13 August 1907, Page 2
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