SPANIARDS IN MOROCCO
FIERCE FIGHTiNG. SPANIARDS LOSE HEAVILY.
By Cable—Press Association.—Copyright j M6roeco, July 25. Fierce fighting took plum' a* . joiu.co on Friday, with the following disastrous results:—Six Spanish officers killed, a lieutenant-colonel captured, twelve "Dicers wounded, a number of privates killed. The number of casualties Im* not been ascertained, but many wcro wounded. The Spaniards abandoned their advanced positio-.is owing to the impossibility of entrenching quickly enough. The Kabyle tribesmen lost heavily. FIERCE HAND TO HAND FIGHTINu. TRIBESMEN SHELLED. HEAVY SPANISH RErNFOBCEMEMS Received July 20, 11.25 tun. Morocco, July 2(1. Fierce hand-to-hand fighting occurrc'l between the Spanish troops and 10,009 Riff tribesmen. The latter were driven back to Mount Curuza which the Spaniards shelled. Tlie forces under the Spanish com- | mander number 15,000. They are about to be increased to 50,000.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 156, 27 July 1909, Page 2
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132SPANIARDS IN MOROCCO Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 156, 27 July 1909, Page 2
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