FIGHTING IN MOROCCO.
BIG SPANISH FORCE.
By Telegraph.— Press Association.—
Morocco, August 16. General Marina, who is in command of the Spanish forces at Melilla, with an army of 30,000 infantry, assisted by 1400 cavalry, 16 field-pieces and 40 mountain guns, will shortly attempt to turn the Riffs' position at' Guguru.
The fighting in Morocco started over the murder of platelayers on the railway line by the ; Riff' tribesmen. Several engagements have taken place, in which the Spaniards have lost heavily. : • - ...
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14142, 18 August 1909, Page 7
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