Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-07
WARsHlPs BoMBARD CASA 1LAN.
OAKLAND MARINES
FRENCH SAILORS .REPULsE BIG
FORCE OF NATIVES
Europea~1 Seek Shelter In Respective
ConsuIates-Spanish War Vessels
Take Part in Affray-Send
Force Ashore
By Associated Prer-.

PARIS, Aug. 6.-In a fierce lombard
ment of Casa Blanca by French and
Spanish war vessels, hundreds of Moors
were slain
A force of marines that had landed to
prevent further murders of Europeans
was attacked and in the ensuir battle
killed many natives
A special dispatch received hers from
Tangier says the street fighting in and
the bombardment of Casa Blanca, ac-
cording to a refugee who arrived from
there on the steamer Anatole continued
throughout Sunday and was still in prog
ress when the Anatole left at o'clock
Sunday evening.
The French ship fired a total of about
1000 shells. The number Of Moorish dead
will run into the hundreds. A single
party of marines killed 150 Moors. The
French wounded number about twelve.
No Frenchmen were killed. The Mara
bout Sidi Marouef was wounded.
On Saturday night the Moorish pasha
at Casa Blanca was advised that troops
would be landed the next day. He gave
assurances that the city would remain
calm. At o'clock Sunday morning a de-
tachment of fifty French marines, In
command of an ensign, landed in the
city
This force had hardly passed through
the water gate before it received volley
fire at point blank range from detach-
ment 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 boyonets and charge. This
the Frenchmen did, and in the fighting
$50 Moors lost their lives.
Marines Clear Streets
The marines continued their way clear
ing the ground of the enemy as they
went until they reached the French con-
sulate where French citizens in Casa
Blanca had taken refuge. The other
European residents had sought safety at
their respective consulates In the mean
time the French cruiser Galilee had COM
menced shelling the native villages out
side of Casa Blanca to prevent armed
Arabs from entering the city. Accord
ing to the Anatole passenger the shells
could be seen plowing up the earth and
killing men and horses
At II o'clock in the morning the French
cruiser Duchayla arrived She had been
in wireless communication with the Cali
lee, and as she steamed in her gunners
were at their stations. Broadside onto
the beach she opened fire on the horse-
men and on the natives on foot who
were in the market place to the east OF
the town. The horsemen were riding
madly in circles.
The Duchayla also sent a party ashore
under Commandant Manguin. AS they
were landing the men were subjected to
a fire from Moorish force under COM
mand of the Marabout 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.
Spanish Also Land
A party of thirty men were landed from
a Spanish cruiser but this vessel did not
take part in the bombardment
At $50 in the afternoon the French
cruiser Forbin arrived and Immediately
thereafter the Anatole left. She was
requisitioned by the French consul to
carry dispatches to Tangier. AS she left
port she passed a German and an Eng
lish vessel crowded with refugees.
TANGIBR, Aug. 6.-The French
cruiser Galilee was bombarding the
Moorish quarter of Casa Blanca and
the neighborhood of the city when the
here left that point. The Kabyles at
tackled Casa Blanca and the Moorish
authorities appealed to the commander
of the Galilee for assistance. He there
upon landed sixty men and Spanish
cruiser landed forty. This landing
seven Frenchmen, including an officer.
were wounded.
The combined Franco-Spanish force
thereupon cleared the city of hostile
tribesmen, guards were placed about
the foreign consulates and then the
Galilee opened fire with her big guns
upon the rebels.
According to semi official account
of the lighting at Casa Blanca. the
commander of the Galilee asked for
permission to land guard of sailors to
protect the French consulate, which
was granted, but while the guard was
proceeding to the consulate it was fired
upon in the streets and six blue jackets
and an ensign were wounded. The
French then cleared the streets at the
point of the bayonet, killing many of
the Moors.
On arriving at the consulate the
guard signaled the news of the incl
dent to the Galilee and the French ship
notified the Spanish cruiser, which
landed a guard for the consulate of
Spain. The warship then bombarded
the Arab quarter OF Casa Blanca
Battery Destroyed
The Casa Blanca battery fired a
couple of blank shots when the
was entering the bay and the
cruiser replied, destroying part of the
the Moorish gunners retiring.
The European part of the city was not
touched. The Duchalya then shelled
the beach where number of Kalyles
had assembled. killing many of them.
The cruisers also shelled the outskirts
of Casa Blanca, where groups of Moors
were seen.
The French ships at Casa Blanca are
the Galilee. Duchayla and Forbin and
the Spanish cruiser Don Alvaro de
Bazan.
Senior Nezerani. the Italian minister
here, has demanded reparation for the
murder of three Italians at Casa Blanca
and the wounding of a fourth italian
subject The minister insists on the
punishment of the guilty persons and
the payment of an indemnity to the
families of the victims.
Reports from Rabat say the situa-
ton there is critical. The Berger
continue threatening to In
wade the city and stricken
are fleeing the place.
MADRID. Aug. 6.-The Impartial
publishes a dispatch from its Tangier
saying it is reported that
the pasha at Casa Blanca has surren-