SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.
PRUSSIAN AMONG RIFFS. METHODS OF ABD-EL-KRIM. (By Cable.—Press Association.— Copyright.) LONDON, November 2. Renter's Tangier correspondent say 3 advices from Arab and French sources show that the moving spirit behind the Riff resistance is an ex-captain of - the Prussian Guard, who joined "the French Foreign Legion before the war as the result of a scandal. He became a sergeant and deserted to the Riffians in 1921. Ten German deserters from the Riffs surrendered this week. They complain bitterly of Abd-el-Krim's harshness, and declare that he shoots the fainthearted without the slightest compunction. The Riffian chief of artillery Is a former Serbian colonel.— ( Reuter.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 260, 3 November 1925, Page 7
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106SOLDIER OF FORTUNE. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 260, 3 November 1925, Page 7
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