BATTLE AT CASABLANCA.
THE HEAVIEST YET. ARABS' DESPERATE BRAVERY. (By Cable.—Press .association.—Copyright.) MOROCCO, September 5. The battle on Tuesday wa 3 the biggest yet fought at Casablanca. Eijrht thousand Arabs, singing and shouting, advanced with great courage, despite heavy fire from the warships. The Algerian cavalry- wer e employed to tntice the Arabs close to the infantry, who played great havoc. for three hours the Arabs advanced, retreated, and advanced a<*ain, losing many, but carrying off their dead. The provost commander at the foreign Legation, two officers, and seven men were killed, and seventeen others were wounded.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 213, 6 September 1907, Page 5
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