THE TROUBLE IN MOROCCO.
DESPERATE FIGHTING. Received September 13, 8.20 a.m. MOROCCO, September^. General Drude, this morning, made a reconnaissance in the direction of Taddei't, where the Arabs are encamped. After smart fighting: tirailleurs, at the nointof the bayonet, carried the high ridges commanding the camp. The Red Kaid, who performed so gallantly at the battle on August 21st, made a desperate attack on the French right flank, but was repulsed. After the artillery had cleared the ground, the tirailleurs and Foreign Legion rushed the last crest, and surrounded the camp which the Algerian goumiers burnt. The Arabs, completely surprised, fled, after firing all the neighbouring farms. Except large quantities of fodder, the camp contained little of value. All the Casablanca loot was conveyed into the interior. The French losses were small; those of the Arabs considerable. Rsceived September 13, 8.14 p.m. PARIS, September 13. General Drude's force from Casablanca before withdrawing marched one and a-quarter miles beyond Teddert. M. Clemenceau, Premier of.France, regards the operations as excellently conceived and executed.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8535, 14 September 1907, Page 5
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171THE TROUBLE IN MOROCCO. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8535, 14 September 1907, Page 5
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