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Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15882, 30 July 1919, Page 9

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SPANISH FORGE MASSACRED RAISULA’S MURDEROUS GANG. (Times.) Received July 30. 2.35 p.m. TANGIER, July 29. A witness of the recent fighting describe.; a Spanish column of 170 being entrapped and massacred in a ravine in Genian. Spies warned Raisula of the approach of the troops, and tribesmen, disguised in Spanish uniforms, small German bombs. Many ’jLSoaniards fell insensible. The tribesFmen, protected by gas masks, using •taggers, leisurely completed the slaughter, mostly by cutting the throats of the Spaniards, onlv ten of whom escaped. The commander suicided. Raisula heavily defeated another rolntnn of 60 mixed Spanish and native troops which was attempting to attack Benhaman. The column lost the transport, and the wounded suffered terribly owing' to the scarcity of ambulances.