FIND MOROCCAN WINTER A “WASHOUT”

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2311, 2 December 1925, Page 7

FIND MOROCCAN WINTER A “WASHOUT”

French Suffering Great Hardships SIGNS OP .ANOTHER RIPFIAN OFFENSIVE [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON, November JO. The Tangier correspondent of the “Times” says that exceptionally heavy rains are causing groat discomfort to the French troops in Morocco, where the cold is extreme, and most of the roads loading to tho French lines are impassable. The greatest difficulty is being experienced in provisioning tho camps and posts. Meanwhile, there are signs that the Riffs intend making another offensive along the whole line. They have already attacked several French posts and are also reported to bo planning attacks on tribes lately friendly to the French. t CYCLONE AT FEZ. PLAYS HAVOC WITH AIRCRAFT. PARIS, November 30. Advices from Casablanca state that a violent cyclone at Foil demolished five aeroplanes in the local aerodrome and also a largo hangar housing big bombing aeroplanes, ten of which were damaged. In the Foreign Legion’s camp five huts were smasned, and three men killed and 20 injured. The amage is estimated at millions of francs.