MOROCCAN CLASH
Spain Brings In Planes (N.Z. Press Association —Copyright) (Rec. 10 p.m.) MADRID, November 27. Spanish aircraft have made lowlevel attacks on Moroccan guerrillas invading the Spanish enclave of Ifni, on the African Atlantic coast, according to unofficial reports in Madrid. But no shots were exchanged today by ground forces, the reports added. Spaniards today heard the first official news of the fighting, which has been going on since the week-end. An official statement, not broadcast in Madrid, said five Spaniards had been killed and 34 injured in the attacks. The American Associated Press reported from Madrid that two Spanish troopships left Algeciras today bound for the Canary Islands. On board were two .fully-equipped infantry regiments. The agency said that 150 paratroopers also left by plane. The Associated Press said that they were going to bolster the garrison in case of renewed fighting by Moroccan “liberation forces” in Ifni.
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28447, 29 November 1957, Page 15
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