WAR IN MOROCCO
in the French zone.
MANY TROOPS ENGAGED. OPERATIONS ON WIDE FRONT. BY CABLE— PRI-ISS ASSOCIATION -COPYRIGHT PARIS, May 5. The Government is determined on exemplary punishment for the Riffs for penetrating* the French zone in Morocco. It has been decided to send reinforcements, mostly consisting o. aviators and engineers, to Morocco, where General Lyauley at present commands (50,000 troops, only Iwo-thirds of which are available against the Kid’s. The total I tiffs are computed at 20.0<K> though the number of theii reserves is unknown. Operations cover a front of several hundred miles in mountainous country. Three French columns operating against the Riffs claim successes.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 7 May 1925, Page 5
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107WAR IN MOROCCO Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 7 May 1925, Page 5
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