FIGHT IN MOROCCO.
FRENCH LOSSES. THE MOORS REPULSED. ni TEi.EanArn—niebs iGsaciATioN—corrniGnT. (llec. Feb. 4, 10.42 p.m.) Morocco, February 4. General Damade, who commands tho French forces in Morocco, reports that Col.
liotitogourd fought a brilliant engagement with tho Mzumbus tribes in the Shawia hinterland. His oolnmn for a time was surrounded, hut after.vigorous lighting for two hours the Moors wero defeated with very heavy losses. •Eight of tho Ffortnii wci'e killed ami fifty wounded, including several officers.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 113, 5 February 1908, Page 7
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77FIGHT IN MOROCCO. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 113, 5 February 1908, Page 7
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