BERBERS’ FIGHT FOR LIFE
PROGRESS OF FRENCH CAMPAIGN. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright (Received August 17, 7.10 p.m.) LONDON, August 16. Mr G. Ward Price, the well known correspondent with the French Army in Morocco, declares that the French are hindered by Berber sharp-shooters, concealed in mountain caves, the storming of which has been accomplished as the result of five days’ continuous fighting. The French have now reached the steep hills commanding the lower slopes of Mount Badou, the formidable last stronghold of the Berbers'. Aeroplane reports indicate the concentration of Berbers around the wells. Each tribe fights desperately under the blazing sun and defend their own little tract of barren country and scrubby herds. Altogether, 3500 Berbers have
surrendered. The men are fierce and the women swarthy, handsome, and tattooed. They have been placed in a concentration camp.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19571, 18 August 1933, Page 9
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140BERBERS’ FIGHT FOR LIFE Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19571, 18 August 1933, Page 9
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