A DESPERATE FIGHT.
MOORISH AGGRESSION. SPANIARDS DEFEAT TRIBESMEN. United Press Association—ByJElectric Telegraph Copyright. Received July 11, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, July 10. Owing to Moorish aggression, the Spanish forts at Melilla (a fortified convict settlement belonging to Spain on the north coast of Morocco), bombarded Mozugar tribesmen who were encamped near by. The Spaniards then charged them, inflicting heavy loss. Subsequently the Spaniards captured a strategic position at Ulayon, after a desperate fight. Several Spaniards were killed, and 32 wounded.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9540, 12 July 1909, Page 5
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79A DESPERATE FIGHT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9540, 12 July 1909, Page 5
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