Battle in the Desert
FRENCH TROOPS ATTACKED. Pans, February 3. A ganfc of marauding tribesmen attacked a detachment of tiralleurs in the Adrar district of Western Sahara, an area inhabited by Moorish tribes. The tiralleurs made an heroic resistance and lost heavily, a lieutenant and three non-commissioned officers being among the killed. A column of irregulars is pursuing the marauders.
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Waikato Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5222, 4 February 1913, Page 3
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60Battle in the Desert Waikato Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5222, 4 February 1913, Page 3
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