RIFFS AND THE FRENCH

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 102, 4 May 1925, Page 6

RIFFS AND THE FRENCH

LYAUTEY'S OPERATIONS

■ FIGHTING IN PROGRESS; ■ ■■ (REUTER'R TELEGRAM.) (Received 4th May. 2.30 p.m.) ' PARIS, 3rd May. Marshal Lyaufcey's laconic communiques give only the scantiest details of the_Rirßan infiltration in the French zone UV OCCO> bufc ifc is known that the Kitts entered an undefended strip, ten kilometres wide, between the frontier and the French outpost line. The Riffs are endeavouring to stir up the border tribesmen against the French. Already minor skirmishes have caused slight casualties, but General Lyautey is confident that he can cope with the situation with the troops at his disposal He does not intend to enter the Riff country, as that would raise international complications. 11113,, Robat correspondent of "The 7 1 lme-?.- I r1' eports that hostilities between the Riffs and the French have started. Inree French columns, aided by aeroFi v% ,are J movjng northward against the Riff bands, which have been penetrating the French zone since the middle of April Contact has already been established at several "points, and the Riffs have lost heavily.