WAR IN MOROCCO.
THE BERBERS’ DEMAND.
TRIBESMEN’S GHASTLY CUSTOM.
CUTTING'THEIR DAUGHTERS’
THROATS
CUNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.] FEZ, June 7. Anxiety is felt for f.fty-six missionaries at iMequinez. Berbers are calling the people for a ‘•'Holy War.” The Renintir tribe, following the custom when in desperate straits, are rting their daughters round into villages, carrying them before them on horses, and cutting their daughters’ throats before the dwellings of the chiefs they wish to propitiate.
AN EIGHT HOURS’ ATTACK.
MOORISH HORSEMEN SUFFER
SEVERELY,
TANGIER, June 7. Moorish horsemen fiercely attacked General Monier’s column for eight hours at Raselma. They charged within a hundred, yards, in the face of heavy rifle and machine gun fire, and suffered heavily. ~ . The French lost a Surgeon-Major and three soldiers, and thirteen were wounded.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3240, 9 June 1911, Page 5
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127WAR IN MOROCCO. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3240, 9 June 1911, Page 5
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