WAR IN MOROCCO.
GARRISON RELIEVED,
LOYAL NATIVES BURNED ALIVE.
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MADRID, August 23. Operations by 25,000 men relieved the besieged garrison at Tifaruin. The enemy was completely defeated with enoa'iuous losses.
MADRID, August 23,
In connection with the Alhuccmas fighting, some loyal natives captured by the Ardelkrim were burned alive in trenches to .terrorise their comrades.
SPANIARDS RETURN TO BASE
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.' (Received Aug. 25, 12.50 p.m.) " MADRID, Aug. <24;A communique from Tiferanin states: Having been relieved■> and re-stocked, pur troops are returniriWto their [bases, after establishing a strong defensive line for future operations. We already have recovered from the battle grounds 300 dead Moors. Tho Moors have abandoned their trenches and retired some distance.
An official communique states that a section of the Qarellano regiment mutinied at Malaga, the men objectihg to orders to embark for Melilla. The ringleaders fired at the : officers, one of whom was killed. Troops eventually persuaded them to embark. Tho ringleaders will be court-martialled
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16213, 25 August 1923, Page 5
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172WAR IN MOROCCO. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16213, 25 August 1923, Page 5
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