THE MOROCCO REVOLT

Evening Star, Issue 12814, 3 December 1907, Page 6

THE MOROCCO REVOLT

■» Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright THE FIGHT AT MENASSEH. AN EXCELLENT ATTACK. MOROCCO, December 2. Details of the fight at Menasseh shew that 3,500 of the Benis Hassen tribe an Agabal, Morocco, entered Algeria and attacked a-n elevated fort at Sidioissa, in tile vicinity of Babelassi. Contingente from different tribes attacked portion of the foreign legion, Which was supported by a company of Tirailkurs, a section of a battery of mountain artillery, and a squadron of Spahis. The attack, which was exceptionally vigorous and well sustained, was repulsed with great gallantry. Whole lines of tribesmen who were attemping a flanking movement were mown down by guns posted on a height. One hundred and thirty-sk 6heUs were fired. The Benis Hassen tribe returned to Agabal, but the supply of provisions and ammunition was rather short. A large number of the Attias tribe, on the Algerian side, joined the Benis Hassen tribe, but the ajrrival of FrencH reinforcements reassured the border population. THB FRBN.CH_PROrOSALS. MOROCCO, December 2. General Liantey proposes to drive the Benis Hasscns to the mountains* and then surround and starve them into submission. He has been empowered to temporarily operate in Moroccan territory in order to safeguard the Algerian frontier, but his occupation is restricted to Ujda. A large column is concentrating at Sidijennan, in Algeria, and will ultimately cooperate with the force at Ujda in making a mobile sweep along Kissa to the sea.