RIFFIAN WAR

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 10 September 1925, Page 5

RIFFIAN WAR

SPANISH OFFENSIVE

MAKING PROGRESS

FEEM.F, RESISTANCE MKT

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COP YRlGlil Received Sept. 10, 11.45 a.m. TANGIERS, Sept. 9. Following the landing at the Bay of Cebadilla, and the seizure of the heights round tii© Bay of Alhucemas, Spanish tioops are continuing the offensive. They have. ibeguir to advance in the direction of Ajdir, Riff headquarters. The operations are developing favourably, the* Rifts so far resisting feebly. —Reuter. SPANISH TROOPS LANDED. KRIM’S HEADQUARTERS BOMBED. LONDON, Sept. 9. The Riffs did not oppose the Spanish battalion landing at Cebadilla under General Saro, further westward than Monday's debacle. General Saro used beetle-boats similar to those the British employed in the Dardanelles in 1915. Later he occupied the village of Alhucemas. During thei operation the French dropped two tons of bombs o n Adjir, from where Abd-el-Krim has removed his headquarters inland. THE FIRST COSTLY ATTEMPT.

SPANIARDS FOUND RIFFS PREPARED.

PARIS, Sept. 9

Le Journal’s Madrid correspondent says that preparations for a Spanish landing at Alhucemas began on Saturday evening. The Spanish naval detachments escorting the troop ships left Ceuta and Melilla respectively. The detachment from Ceuta feinted a landing at South Wadlau, whicli is south, of Tetuan. Then they rushed full speed to Alhucemas. The detachment from Melilla, feinted a landing at Sidirriss, and then joined the Ceta detachment, which had been reinforced .by French warships. , , . The false landings were intended to mislead the Riffs in regard to the real object of the attack. An intense bombardment of the coast was conducted on Sunday evening by French and Spanish warships, supported by the air force, and on Monday morning the landing of troops was attempted. It resulted only in costly losses, as the Riffs were prepared and offered a determined resistance. General Prim a de Rivera wire.esseo that the troops commanded by General Saro were to be landed at the Peninsula at. Morronuevo, on the western side of the Bay of Alhucemas, at noon They established their position half an hour- later after a short bombardment without great resistance. '