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AUSTRALIAN AND N.2. fUBL* ABHOCIATION. TRIBESMEN CATTURK FORT. TANT!HiII. Doe. 10. Anjern tribesmen captured Alenznrseuqor, a jiort on t!io .Straits of Gibraltar, after a two .la VS* siege llnis iii<*iiaiming the Spaniards faliiug hack on Totnan. SPANISH LOSSES. PARIS. Doc. In. The serious jlli <4111 of the retreating Spaniards in .Morocco is indicated liv the fact that in the last movement, twenty thousand were killed, wounded or are missing, and also several tliouiinnd were taken 'prisoners. There are still IUO thousand Spanish troops in .Morocco costing two hundred thousand sterling daily. The rising of the Aiijoin tribe. who hitherto were friendly, is stated to he due to a Spa nish aeroplane bombing the Chief’s dwellin';. J-OST ANI) R.ICCA PTTR ED. (iteeelved tn.s dav at- 9.25 n.in.l MADRID, Decemher 17. (lencral de Rivera, telegraphin'; from Tetuan, denies the disaster. He nays the rehel.s arc spreading lies and asserts that Seguir was hetraved oy the natives hut will immediately he recaptured and the whole situation cleared* up in a month. A later message states that Seguir has boon recaptured. •NEW SPANISH POLICY. LONDON. Decipher 17. Tho “Times” Tangier correspondent says the Spanish forces in Morocco are now hack on the line which is to form the basis of General Estelia’s new policy. This line is being strongly fortified and will serve as a frontier across which the revolting tribesmen will not he allowed to pass.
General Kstelia’s plan is to hold them within their own tribal area and deprive them of their markets and other means of getting provisions. It is a sound policy, and, if successful, will do much to bring the turbulent inoun tnineers to submission.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 December 1924, Page 3
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