THE MOROCCAN SITUATION
SOME FIERCE FIGHTING. United Press Association —Copyright Received August 31, 6.59 p.m. MOROCCO, August 30. Twelve hundred Moors surprised and surflfcjnded two companies of the French foreign legion with two fieldpieces, who were accompanied by 50 Spanish at the rear of Casablanca. The Moors suffered heavily in successive desperate rushes made at close quarters. Eventually after the arrival of reinforcements the French dispersed the Moors. The French had three killed and nine wounded. Many hundreds of Arabs joined those who first- commenced the attack. Their mobility was such that tlie French seldom had a target. The French altogether were kept on the move for 24 hours. The tribes, adopting new tactics, abstained ill most instances from charging in large masses, and showed awide formation.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2174, 2 September 1907, Page 2
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127THE MOROCCAN SITUATION Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2174, 2 September 1907, Page 2
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