MOROCCO.
REPORTED CAPTURE OF MULAI, (bi i^LEpiurn—ntESa association—coj>tbioht.) (Rec, August ga, 9,10 p.ni,) Morocco, August 28, An unconfirmed report from Settat pistes that Mnlai Hafid has been captured hy Kaid El M'Tflgui, whpsp foroes defeated Mlllai Hafid, as cabled on August 17, and lilt-wed Marvqkosh, It was cabled on August 17 that thq forces of tho Sultan's hnlf-brolhor and rival, Mulai Hnlid, were badly defeated :wav Marrakesh, 800 being killed and 500 wounded. On August 23, however, it was cabled that Mulai Hafid's forces had inflicted a crushing blow on the Sultan's troops, fifty miles from Marrakosh; that tho Sultan narrowly esoaped, and contemplated leaving Morocco. Mulai is not the only Richmond in the field, and almost anything seems to be possible in Moroccan warfare. Marrakesh is the southern pjipital, where Mulai ivou his first sneppss,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 288, 29 August 1908, Page 5
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136MOROCCO. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 288, 29 August 1908, Page 5
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