A FIERCE FIGHT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 3 December 1907, Page 3

A FIERCE FIGHT.

TILE RISLNG IN MOROCCO. * USES OF TRIBESMEN MOWED DOWN. ' " GREAT GALLANTRY. a Received Dec. 2, 10.52 p.m. i Morocco, December 2. Details of the light at llenasseh show that 3500 of the Benis Hassen tribe at Agabal, Morocco, entered Algeria and attacked an elevated fort at in tte vicinity of Babelassa. Contingents of different trilies, a portion of the foreign legion, a company of tirailleurs, a section of a battery of mountain artillery, and a squadron of Spahis met the attack, which was exceptionally vigorous and well sustained. The attack was repulsed, Great gallantry was shown. Whole lines of tribesmen attempting a flanking movement were mown down with guns posted at a height of 130 ft. Shells were fired and did big execution. Benis Hasaen returned to Aghbal, but provisions and ammunition arc rather ihort. A large Attias tribe on the Algerian side joined Benis Hassen, but the arrival of French reinforcements reassured the border population.

r ; SUITING A TRAP. r • EXTENSIVE MOVEMENTS. ~ ' Received December 2,11.30 p.m. fr. Morocco, December 2. i Colonel le Liantey proposes to drive pm Benis Hassens warriors to the mountains and then surround and starve them into submission. He is empowered to temporarily operate in Moroccan territory and safeguard the Algerian frontier, but the Occupation Is restricted to fjda. 'A large column is concentrating at Bldidjennan, Algeria. This will ultimately co-operate with the Ujda column. The third column, which is of a mobile character, will sweep along from {3O to the set.