MOORISH BRIGANDS.
ATTACK GOVERNOR OF ALGERIA’S PARTY. MOROCCO POWERLESS TO RESTRAIN TRIBES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 1.6 a.m., Juno 2. London, June ). Owing to Moorish brigandage on tho frontier, M. Journal, Governor of Algieria, mudo a tour, accompanied by tv number of civilians and officers, flunked by Spuhis. M. Jounart accepted ail invitation to visit Figig. When returning to Diounuiddar with camels the party wero attacked by 000 Figig inhabitants concealed in inequalities of tho ground, on both sidos of tho narrow Rcuagua Pass. Volloying continuing from a considerable distance, seventeen Spahis wero wounded. Tho Moorish loss was sovon. Some wero bayoneted. Awed at tho outrage, loaders have expressed Morocco’s oivgornoss to second the effort of Franco to maintain order. M. Jounart replied that Morocco was powerless to restrain the tribes, adding that Franco would now patrol the frontier. It was announced later in Paris thut a punitive detachment was leaving Algeria to surround tho Figig brigands.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 906, 2 June 1903, Page 2
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157MOORISH BRIGANDS. Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 906, 2 June 1903, Page 2
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