SPAIN IN MOROCCO
SACRED MOUNTAIN CAPTURED HEAVY REBEL LOSSES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, June. 20. (Received June 21, at 1.30 a.m.) The Madrid correspondent of ‘The Times ’ states that four Spanish columns captured the sacred mountain of Jebel Alara, Raisuli’s former stronghold, containing the most venerated shrine in Morocco, ‘-hich Christian troops are not allow 1 to approach. There were heavy rebel losses.— ‘ The Times.’ [Ahmed Ben Mohammed Raisuli was a Moroccan bandit of noble birth. He alleged certain grievances against the Sultan, and became chief of a robber gang, which in 1904 captured lon Perdicaris, an American citizen, holding him to ransom for £14,000, which the United States Government was compelled to pay. In 1907 he kidnapped Kaid Maclean, who was ransomed for £20,000, and a quantity of military stores, Raisuli being also made Governor of the province of Fassi. His rule at this place was firm and beneficent, but he was constantly involved in trouble with his superiors. *Tn 1920-21 the disturbances in the Spanish zone in Morocco were ascribed to his influence. Ho aimed at becoming Sultan of the Spanish territory.]
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Evening Star, Issue 19588, 21 June 1927, Page 5
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184SPAIN IN MOROCCO Evening Star, Issue 19588, 21 June 1927, Page 5
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