New-York tribune., 1907-08-07
CASABLANCA SHELLED.
FIERCE STREET FIGHTS.
Frauco-Spanish Forces kW Hun
dreds of MOOrs.

TangieT. Aug. 6.-The following ofliclai at
count of the fighting at Casahlanca has been
given out by the French charge d'afaires here:
Authorization to land men and protect the
French Consulate was given by the Moorish au-
thOrities but when our sailors went ashore ON
Sunday morning they fired on Six men
and an officer were wounded. The party then
charged with bayonets. and the MoOrs broke and
fed leaving many dead behind. The exact num-
Der of killed is not known
ION arriving at the consulate the party Sig
nailed 20 the cruiser Galiee. and after the Span
ish cruiser Don AIvaro de Bazan had sent
party ashore to protect the Spanish Consulate.
the GaIilee opened fire the native quarter OK
the city.
THE old Moorish battery the Notifications
responded with two blank shots. but the cruiser
Du ChayIa had arrived in the mean time and
soon siIenced this battery. drove off the gun
ners and then destroyed it, The Galilee and the
Du ChayIa continued TO shell the city, the
beach and the surrounding villages. wherever
the Kabyles assembled. The craftsmanship was
good and many KabyIes were killed The Eu-
ropean quarter of Casablanca was not dam
aged.
Paris, Aug Ga dispatch from Tangier says
the street fighting in Casablanca and the bonn
bard1nent OF the town. according 70 a refugee
who arrived from there on the steamer Anatole'
continued all day Sunday and was going on
when the Anatole sailed at 8 O'Clock Sunday
evening The French ships fired total ol
about two thousand shells The number %
Moorish dead will into the hundreds y
single party OF marines killed 15O Moors- Ire +
French wounded number about twelve No
Frenchrnan was killed The MarabOut Sldt Ma
Iouf was wounded
or Saturday night the Moorish Pacna az
CasabIanca was advised that troops would he
landed the next day He gave assurances 'naC
the city would remain calm. At . O'Clock on
Sunday morning a detachment Of fifty French
marines. in command OF ensign, landed IN
the city This force had hardly passed through
the water gate before it received a volIey hred
at close range from a detachment OF regular
Moorish troops. Five marines and the ensign
were wounded The ensign was shot through
both hands In spite Of his injuries he ordered
his men TO fix bayOnets and charge This the
Frenchmau did. and IN the fighting $50 MOors
lost their lives
The marines continued on their way. clearing
the ground Of the enemy as they went. until
they reached the French consulate. where the
French citizens in CasabIanCa- had taken refuge
The other European residents had sought safety
at their respective consulates-
In the mean time the French cruiser Calf
Iee had begun TO shell the native villages out
side Of Casablanca to prevent armed Arabs from
entering the city Many men and horses were
killed.
At IL O'Clock In the morning the French
cruiser Du Chayla arrived She had been in
wireless
as she steamed In her sunners were at their
stations. Running broadside to the beach shs
opened fire with rnelfnite shells the horse
men and natives on foot who were in the mar
ket place TO the east Of the town The horse
men were riding madly in circles
The Du ChayIa also sent a party ashore under
Comma ndant Mangin. AS they were landing
these men were subjected 10 a fire from Mcor-
ish force under command Of the Marabout SiGI
vaIouf but the rapid fire guns in the bows OF
the French launches cleared the ground for the
sailors who made their landing expeditiously.
They scaled the walls of the Portuguese Con-
sulate and reached the French Consulate under
cover Of the guns Of the marines already there.
party Of thirty men were landed from
snanish cruiser the Don AIvarO de Bazan. but
this vessel did not take part in the bOmbard-
ment.
At $40 o'clock I'm the afternoon the French
cruiser FOrbin arrived and the Anatote leI' tl9
harbor. She was requisitioned by the French
Consul to carry dispatches to Tansier- As Sne
left port she passed a German ana an hnSi-SIl
vessel crowded with refugees
NJ Pichon the Foreign Minister, and the span
isb Ambassador here. SehOr Leon Castlios
have agreed on the terms of a Franco-Spanlsn
note Informing the powers signatOry 70 tho
aIrecfras convention including the CnitSd
States Of the intention of France and spain %
keep within the terms Of the convention 4ie
situation after the landing of troops at Casa
blanca will largely determine the subsequent
measures to be taken by France and Spain.
which bear the responsibility for the safety %
Moroccan ports No outside power is expected
10 cooperate with the two powers mentioned.
The French government has no COnfirmat tton or
the reports that British or German varships are
on their way 10 Morocco