MOROCCO.

Feilding Star, Issue 352, 24 August 1907, Page 2

MOROCCO.

(fcY XXBOXBIO «KtBG«>Pa— OQPYWGH? ] [PEB PBJBBS ASSOCIATION.] Morocco. August 23. A vast horde of Arab horsemen on* Wednesday morning during a fog surrounded Oasablanoa, charging into the French camp. They showed superb courage despite the tremendous artillery fire from the batteries and. warships. When the fire checked the advance, General Drude sent out Tirailleurs and a battery of mountain guns against the large forces of Arabs concentrated on the shore quite regard* less of the warship GJoire's tremendous fire Led by the Kaid, who was dressed completely in red, the Moors boldly charged the infantry, but the artillery and warship's machine guns stopped them. The Kaid stood boldly on the sky line of the hills refusing to retreat when left alone. He was repeatedly fired at by the French, and seemed to bear a charmed life since shrapnel shells and rifle fire failed to touch him. He finally rode slowly away amid the cheers of the French. During an interlude three Arabs advanced within 500 yards of the French position, and removed the saddle from a dead horse and retired unhurt under a perfect hail of bullets tmd shrapnel shell - Suddenly a great mass or horsemen on the seashore again charged at a gallop under the red Kaid in close formation over open ground, hardly losing a man, though every gun on land and sea was firing at a range cf 1500 yards at them. The Gloire landed a shell right in the centre of tho horsemen and many fell, but the rest advanced, getting within 400 yards of the foreign legation before the withering volley firing of the infantry a the mountain guns and mitraiUeuses stopped the charge. The solid mass of horsemen wavered, then broke, re saining the shelter of the hills. Fora while the red Kaid charged alone, then turned slowly away, riding for cover unhurt. , A third attack was repulsed. In the battle on the seashore the Arabs charged for nearly two miles under an Sfernal fire. The horses were utterly spent when the charge 8t Later the third attack wae made with the same result. Altogether there was four hours fierce fighting.