FIGHT IN MOROCCO.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 98, 18 January 1908, Page 5

FIGHT IN MOROCCO.

PRETENDER'S FORCES BEATEN. FRENCH INFLICT -SEVERE'LOSSES ON MOORS. | '• THE RO.VI) TO FEZ. ur TEiiKGiuin—■ritiiss association—corvmoiiT. ■ (Rec. Jan. 17, 11.59 p.m.) . ' ; ' Morooooj January 17. . , Gonera! Damado, 'Commander-in-Chief of tlio French forces, with, four/battalions of infantry, threo squadr9ns of . cavalry,; and; a buttery-of artillery, for sixteen hours' fought an 'obstinate battlo at Settat Pass- againpt Mulai-Kachid's army, whicli was reinforced by the Shawia tribes/, who participated ill tho last European massacre. ' i '■■' 1 ; : --| • Hoavy ( - losses wei'e inflicted on the Moors.' Mulai-Rachid's ca.mp, beyond the piss, was destroyed, and his followers wore ■ scattered., Mului-Rachid will, now bo unable to keep tho passage clear for tlio Protoiidor's (Mulaillaiid's) advance on Fez, :whero. the Pretender was recently.'proclaimed Sultan. Tlio casualties of tho French'aro reported to bo slight'. . '; ,i ' /■; .-v FEZ ADHERES TO MIiLAL- : Mlorofcco, January 16. A. plot to re-establish: the Sultan Abdul'Aziz at Fez failed. I .. . . MULAI-HAFID'3 LIEUTENANT. • .Mulai-Bachid is evidently the Afoovish General who was referred to in n 'cablegram last Soptcnicbr- mb ' Mulai-Rahad. , We were then told that Mulai-Unfid ' had sent -this general, with: GOOD men and -50 field pieces, to the. Shawia .district. liis mission then was to re-;, strain. the Shawias (who were . fighting 'tho' French), arid persuade them' to reserve - their strength for a light under tho Pretender's banner, against tlio Sultan. 1 The cablegram j added_ that, if 'Mulai-.Ka.eKid ' was'-unable to restrain the Shawitis, ho would then join, forces with, them against tlm French. . Evidently this j position has nov: been.'forced on liim hy Franco, espousing actively the cause of : tlio Sultan,. Abdul-Aziz. The Pretender's reported declaration of a lloly War seems-to>mark his abandonment of all hope ,of European aid or neutrality, and he now places full'.reliance in the religious fanaticism and bravery of the tribesmen against all comers. . The Shawia tribes, for their former operations against the French, are already under sentence to pay an indemnity- of iCSOOO. To-day's , cablegram indicates' that, .though Fez has declared' for the Pretender; his road thither is cut 'off. ' ,