WAR WITH MOORS.
SPANIARDS’ DESPERATE HEROISM. MOORS OUTNUMBERED. NO QUARTER GIVEN.. [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Thursday, 5.30 p.m.LONDON, November 17. The “Daily Nows” special correspondent aeroplaned to Morocco. He writes that Spain narrowly escaped headlong expulsion when the Moors suddenly revolted. Spain survived by acts of desperate heroism by her troops, who are now pouring into the country and undertaking a systematic reconquest as a matter of national pride. It will inevitably cost millions of treasure and thousands of lives, yet the average. Spaniard considers the job is worth while. The Moorish army is outnumbered by ten to one. but the Spanish casualties are much heavier than those of the Moors, who do not take prisoners, not showing or expecting mercy. Whenever the Spaniards retake a village or town they invariably find the garrison and inhabitants massacred and mutilated and left' unburied. The war is one of terrible ferocity.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 1976, 18 November 1921, Page 5
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