The Bessemer indicator., 1893-11-04
THE MooRs WIN A BATTLE.
a Serious Engagement at MsIiiia ir
Which tho spanish Troops
Get WorHted,

A bloody battle was fought at Fort Melllla,
Morocco, on the 9th and 2Sth.
In the face of a terrible fire the Moors
charged recklcs.ly forward until they man.
aged to approach within twenty yards of the
before them and cutting tho telephone and
telegraph wires which had been erected In
order to keep up communication with the
outlylne forts and trenches.
The Moors again attacked at an opening,
driving the pickets before them, whcreupon
they advanced In force upon the right flank
aa we'll rs upon the rear Of the forts, with the
Intention of cutting OF the retreat of the
Spaniards. This movement would undoubt-
edly have been successful had It not been for
the sklllful working Of tho guns of the Span
ish warship venacIto. The guns on board
the venAcIto kept pumping shells in front Of
.he Moorish advance ~ we'll as dropping d
number in the midst Of them. Tho explosion
Of the shells greatly terrified the Moors and
drove them back when the fire Of the infantry
seemed unable to do so.
The Spaniards retreated inside the forts
and had all they could do to reach the inside
Of tho Notifications in safety. Meanwhile
the Moors pressed on, led by their chiefs and
holy men, seemingly utterly regardless of
danger, and succeeded in entering tho Span
ish trenches, capturing two modern field
pieces and a supply Of ammunition.
The Moors, who had been steadily ad.
vnncing in spite Of the fire directed upon them
from guns and rifles, were unable to with
stand the attack of cold steel In the hands of
ahe spanish soldiers They no sooner got n
,aste of the bayonet than they began 10 re-
sreat, and the spaniards drove them out of
sbc trenches.
The spaniards directed their point OF at
tack against the body Of the Moors who had
captured the two guns from the trenches, and
who had been using them quite fairly well
against the forts and against the war ships.
Nothing seemed to stand before the charge
Of the Estremadura regiment and the bnttal-
ion of soldiers undergoing punishment for
breaches of military law. They pressed on
ward. bayonetIng those OF the Moors who
male any stand, and managed to recover the
two field pieces.
During tho moment Of the panic which fol-
lowed the death of General Magalla. the
Moors succeeded In carrying OF Ills body, and
it was this more than anything else which
enabled the officers TO rally their men and
make tho charge that drove the Noors from
tho trenches.
During the rush onward by the spsniards,
detachment of them pursued the Moors,
who were carrying AWAY the generals body,
md, after adesperate hand to band fight, sue
cecded In recovering the body and eventually
hfcorting II into Meliln.
General 0rtegn afterwards sent convoy
of provisions and ammunition to Fort Cabrcri-
kais. where the Spanish troops had been light
Ing, without food, for whole day.
No systematic pursuit Of the Moors was at-
tempted, owing to tho Insufficient forcs Of
soldiers at the fort, but II ia understood that
General Ortcga is making preparations to
take terrible vengeance for the death Of Cen
| crai Msgnlln
There are 400 cases OF diphtheria In vesh
In London according 20 tho London Times, re-
sulting In eighty or ninety deaths per week.
Senator Sherman has received from eccre-
tnry Carilsle, in reply 10 an inquiry concern
ing the setgniorage now In the treasury. 4
letter saying that of the treasury notes iset,ed
under the sherman act s52, ,So5 ,S4o have, upon
the demand q the holderu, beeh redeemed in
gold md q a.2A. 100 In silver dollars Tbs
secreiary's letter shows the seignioraee car
ricd under the Sherman act is ed.V7l. 09N
hince July, 1891. S,795, $40 silver dojlsrs hnve
been coined, aud there has bsca no coIpsrs
OF silver do'lars since Mxy, ,1S98, szospt $40
In proof pi~ces. - ''- -. /.
Tbs silver bullion on hAad t,ctobsy 1 ls.s
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