BATTLE IN MOROCCO

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 24 August 1907, Page 5

BATTLE IN MOROCCO

FRENCH ATTACKED BY TRIBESMEN. BBILLIAXT CHARGES BY MOUNTED ARABS. LED BY A FEARLESS KAin SUPERB ADVANCE UNDER WITHERL\G ARTILLERY FIRE. THREE CHARGES REPULSED. Received iird, 9.30 p.m.

Morocco, August 23. ■vbZj Taa , dc *^ ralj horsemen on .Wednesday morning, during a fW, 6U rTomided Casablanca, charging the French «M»p, and displaying superb courage, de."P"? f. tremendous artillery fire from the batteries and warships. •JU'rwJ 1 * .*,? had checkeil the wnce. General Drude sent out tirailleurs with a battery of mountain bum ai'sinst Arabs eoncentrated along the seashore, quit, rcgurd- °/ a tremendous are rained on theffl from the warship Glorir. drcssed l ' in fanlrv K f 0 ?!? '- V char fe"'' the in•MiS?™"!- artil!er - v a »<l the war"JP" ™afh'ne guns «topped them J bOWI -' on ll 'e skvline su be kft i n i: f, " ng 10 rt ' trrat

■Wl.*"/ epeated,y flred at b y •"*>"?««£ to bear a charmed tawt touch him Pnel an<l rifle fire

ehwre of the FrenclL Wl7 aw,; - v ' amld " '" l . erl three Arabs adto .V lhm m of the [mm . KT* and "moved a saddle iX* dead horse and retired unhurt, taf «helk ° f bQUetB an<l 9hra PSttMenly the great mass of horsemen T h ?l e a^in ehtT g<* »t the under the -Red" Raid. On they fo , rn '» , 'on over the open gronnd, hardly losing a man, though ?" n " the land and sea forces *' Tent "»»y : at a range of KUt f,T?£ the ( a >hi ll Xr.»~ «"tre Of the horsemen, fell but the rest continued to Mtainee, pttmg witlun 400 yards of the « e -ore lhe 'nfaotrv's «ttenßg volley firing and the mounand mitrailleuse stopped the

.Jfe. * >l l d ""a* of horsemen wavered, fte Mfc fining the shelter ol

. *° r the "Red" Raid charged •woe, and then turned, slowly ridin? for WW unhurt. A third attack w.s repulsed. A TWO-MILE CHARGE. UNDER AS INTERNAL FIRE. houses completely spent. lOTJH HODRS' FIERCE FrGHTIVG. Rcwived 23rd, OM2 pjn. • Morocco, August 23. In the battle on the seashore, the 2f*. # for npar, y 2 miles under •o Infernal fi.t. Their hordes weTe utterly spent when lie charge was stopped. later, a third attack was made with »# same -eckleas heroism, and the same nmut.

«^ 110 ? e , ther therc wera four hours oi Bttot fighting.