MOROCCAN WAR
FRENCH LOSSES
ANNOUNCEMENT IN CHAMBER.
PARIS, Dec. 25.
During the Chamber debate on the estimates for the Ministry of War, the Under-Secretary for War announced that the Erench losses in Morocco since the beginning of the year were 2640 killed, 552 wounded and 1220 missing.—Reuter.
RIFFS CRUMBLING.
ENTIRE TRIBE SURRENDERS,
PARIS, Dec. 25. Moroccan reports state that the ,Riffians under Abdel Krim are crumbling rapidly. Numerous tribes are unwilling to resume operations against the French As evidence of this there has been the surrender of the entire Senhadjex tribe, who were considered among the most devoted of Abdel Krim’s forces, to the colonial Nogues, who received the Senhadjez machine guns and hostages. Quezzan reports state that the Djeballa tribe revolted and imprisoned several chiefs whom Abdel Klim appointed.— Reuter.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 24, 28 December 1925, Page 8
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