MOROCCAN DISORDERS.
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A PITCHED BATTLE. FRENCH FORCE ATTACKED BY TRIBESMEN. DESPERATE BRAVERY. Received 20th, 10.46 p.m. Morocco, August 20. Five thousand Kabyle horsemen made a sharp attack en the Fivncli troops commanded by General Drude, on Sunday morning from 7 in the morning until 11, when they were repulsed. The tribesmen displayed remarkable courage, charging within 3(«» yards of the French infantry, and a'-" engaging; the Algerian cavalry, with whom they had a hand-to-hand encounter with sabres once. They ambuscaded a party of (ill y patus, but reinforcements extricated liie Utter. The Flench finally outflanked the Moors, who retreated Two Frenchmen were killed and three woun.b.l. The warship G'mire, from t!i.' ha v. effectively shelled tha tribesmc. , who lost J 00.
A SERIOUS ATTACK.
Received 20th, 10.46 p.m. Paris, August 20. General Drude telegraphs the attack waa eitreaiely serious.
PROTECTION OF FOREIGNERS. THE SULTAN'S UNDERTAKING. RAISULIS REQUEST. Received 20th, 10.IS p.m. Morocco, August 20. The Bui tan is willing to guarantee life and property of foreign residents of Fez U the French troops confine their operations to the immediate neighborhood of Casablanca. Baisuli offers to withdraw from public Bfe if France and Britain guarantee .his Bit. SIR HARRY MACLEAN. BELEASED ON MONDAY. Received 20th, 11.8 p.m. London, August 20. The Daily Mail states that Kaid Sir Barry Maclean was to be surrendered toEnmranl, the Sultan's uncle, on MonBaj, reaching Aletzor to-day.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 21 August 1907, Page 3
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239MOROCCAN DISORDERS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 21 August 1907, Page 3
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