Connecticut western news., 1907-08-08
MOOR|SH PORT YIELDS
Casablanca SurrenderS After a
 Terrific Bombardment.
HUNDREDS OF NATIVES SLAIN

French Marines Shoot Down 150 Moors
 Who Attack Them, Woundina the
 Ensign In Command Through Both
 Hands-Warships Shell the Town.
 Paris, Aug. 7.-French and Spanish troops are in possession of Casablanca after a'terrific bombardment and hand to hand fighting in the streets. The Moors precipitated the conflict by at tacking a landing parsy on the way to the French consulate. The ensign in command was shot through both hands, but he gave the order to charge. With fixed bayonets the marines cut their way through a column of native troops, leaving 150 dead and wounded in their wake. The marines reached the con- sulate, and the news of the fighting was signaled to the French cruisers, which immediately opened fire with all their guns. More than 2,000 shells were fired. The native quarter of the city was wiped out, and several hun dred rebels were slain. The last dis patch received by the French govern ment is to the effect that the pasha at Casablanca has formally surrendered the town to the allies.
 Eleven Frenchmen Killed.
 Owing to the cutting of wires by the Arabs there has been d delay in the transmission of news of the conflict. The casualty list is confined to eleven French marines and sailors wounded. An attempt was made by the rebels to work several batteries against the cruisers, but the guns were quickly put out of commission. The fire of the cruisers was accurate and terribly de- structive. The bombardment lasted more than two hours, and fighting In the wrecked streets continued inter- mittently until darkness fell Sunday night. The Arabs fought with fanat- ical courage. Many of them detached themselves from columns of horsemen and rode down to the waters edge, firing their rifles at the warships. Shells were rained among them, and the shore at one point was thickly strewn with dead horses and the bod ies of their riders.
 French Land In the City.
 When the pasha in Casablanca was informed that n landing party would come ashore he gave assurances that the city would be quiet. A detachment of fifty French marines, in command of an ensign, had hardly passed through the water gate before It re- ceived a volley fired at point blank range from detachment of regular Moorish troops.
 Five marines and the ensign were wounded. The ensign was shot clean through both palms. In spite of his injuries he ordered his men to fix bayonets and charge. This the French men did. and in the fighting 150 Moors lost their lives. The marines contin- ued on their way, clearing the ground of the enemy as they went, until they reached the French consulate, where the French citizens in Casablanca had taken refuge. The other European residents had sought safety in their respective consulates.
 As soon as word of the fighting had been signaled from the roof of the consulate to the French warships in the harbor the cruiser Galilee began shelling the town. The guns first were trained on the outlying native quarters to prevent the Arabs pour ing into the heart of the town and surrounding the consulates. ..
 Rapid Fire Guns Clear Way.
 The French cruiser Du Chayla pres esta placed herself in position close to the Galilee. She had been in wireless communication with the Galilee, and her gunners were at their stations. Broadside on to the beach she opened an enfilading fire with mellinite shells on the horSemen and natives on foot who were in the market place to the east of the town. The horsemen were riding madly in circles.
 The Du Chayla also sent q party ashore under Commandant Mangin. As they were landing these men were subjected to a fire from a Moorish force under commander of the Mara bout Sidi Belout, but the rapid fire guns in the bows of the French launches cleared the ground for the sailors, who made their landing ex- peditiously. They scaled the walls of the Portuguese consulate and reached the French consulate under cover of the guns of the marines already there. It is the belief of the French govern ment that there will be no further fighting In the town. From the dis patches received from the French and Spanish commanders 1t is gathered that the spirit of the rebels is broken and that they will submit to the over whelming show of force on the part of the allies.