THE MOROCCAN REBELLION
DEFEAT OF SULTAN'S TROOPS.
By Telegraph Press Association.— Copyright. Paris, June 3. The newspapers of Paris announce that a battle lasting a whole day has taken place between the troops of] the Sultan of Morocco and the rebel forces of the Pretender. The Sultan's troops sustained a heavy defeat. ■■', 'v . "
i The Pretender is a- man named:Omar Zarhuni, but is now known as Bu Hamara. His claim is based on the assertion that he :'s a brother of the Sultan, and that he had! a prior right to the throne. Ho began' operations to unseat the Sultan in 1902, and soon had a large following. In December of that year he inflicted a severe defeat or* the Sultan's troops, the remnant of which! took refuge in Fez. The Pretender was defeated in the following month, and ho turned the tables again in February, 1903. There! was constant fighting throughout that year, j and it has continued intermittently until now. In March of last year the Pretender's cavalry appeared in the vicinity of Fez.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13456, 5 June 1907, Page 7
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176THE MOROCCAN REBELLION New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13456, 5 June 1907, Page 7
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