FRENCH ARMS IN MOROCCO.
Apprehension in Paris.
FIERCE CAMPAIGN FEARED.
By Cable — Proa* Association —Copyright. .Reuter's Telegrams. BakiS, May 8. The reported success in Morocco has only, parixuny allayed the growing apprehensions tuat a my campaign lies ahead oi tne French iorces. General (joioiuuat a coiumn arrived before llibane, and iio oucountereu solidly-organised Kins in successive lines ot viencnes, covered by reinaraabiy accurate artillery nre, suggesting that Europeans were vtoraing tne guns. The latest news indicates that the French stemmed the enemy auvance, though > a number ot French posts are Still beseiged. The Frenoh re-established posts southward of Ouergha river, and expelled the invaders, precluding a fresh itiit offensive in the direction of Taza Fez. , i. . The fact that the Riffs hold the Bibane Hills, prevented the French victualling several posts in the vicinity and they 4 were compelled to drop lood from aeroplanes. They also dropped blocks of ice for water.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 9 May 1925, Page 9
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152FRENCH ARMS IN MOROCCO. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 9 May 1925, Page 9
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