The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-14
SOME REAL WAR
Casablanca 5ombarded by French
and Spanish Cruisers.
MANY MOORs KILLED.

French Have Six Wounded But
None killed-No European Resi-
dents Hurt-Outcome of Native
Uprising.
A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco,
says open hostilities have resulted in
the injury of Ave French officers and
six sailors, the bombardment of Casa
Blanca and surrounding villages by
French and Spanish battleships and
many casualties among the Moors.
The French admiral ordered $50
sailors ashore to protect the consul
ate and the Moors resented this and
opened fire, moving down the five
officers and six sailors. The French
battleships Galilee, Duchayla and the
Spanish battleship Don Alvaro De
Fazan then began the bombardment
Of CaStra Blanca. Town battery an
swered but began getting the worst
Of it so the Moorish commander offer
ed to apologize. The French de-
manded surrender and will prob
ably demand a more substantial re-
paration. Warships have sent men
ashore to protect the European con-
Sulates, and attend the many d sed
and injured.
Casa blanca on the Morraccan coast
has been bombarded by French cruis-
ers, the Moors are reported to have
been shot down in large numbers and
ha ,s~L
has been practicany in possession OF
landing parties from the French aud
Spanish cruisers.
The first shots were fred by the
Moors. The Frenchmen responded
with bayonet charge and the bonn
bardment of the native quarter with
mellinite shells. The Frenchmen had
six men wounded, but no one killed.
No European residents were hurt.
The occupation Of Casablanca is a
direct outcome Of the native uprising
which resulted in the killing last
last week of eght Europeans at Casa
blanct. Both France and Spain are
hurrying other warships with troops
and marines on board to various
points on the Moroccan coast for the
protection OF foreigners.
Under the terms Of the Algeciras
convention these two powers are
charged with the policing of the sea-
ports of Morocco, and their action. at
Casablanca has brought no protest
from any power. The states Of Eu-
rope have expressed their willingness |
that France and Spain restore order
in Morocco. No other countries are
involved.
On Saturday night the French nav
al officer in command informed the |
Moorish authorities that he was go
ing to land a force for the. protection i
of the French consul. Authorization
to do so was given. The force went
ashore Sunday morning at daybreak.
The Frenchmen were no sooner on
the beach than they were fred upon
by Moorish soldiers, and in this first
encounter the French forces sustain
ed all it's casualties.
The Frenchmen fought their way
to their consulate, and then signaled
the cruiser Galilee to lombard the
native quarter The Galilee at once
opened upon the Moors. She was
ioined at II o'clock by the French
cruiser Du Chayla, and both vessels
fred until 1000 rounds Of ammuni-
ton had been expended. This hre IS
said to have been disastrous to the
Arabs
The battery on fort at the mouth
of the harbor fred on one OF the
French cruisers. but it was quickly
silenced and reduced.
A second French landing party
went ashore and joined the first par
tv at the consulate. A tnlrd party
from the Spanish cruiser Don Alvaro
de Bazan was landed and occupied |
the Spanish consulate. The European |
quarter of Casablapca was not dam |
aged.
The remainder of the European
residents of Casablanca are either at
their respective consulates or have
taken refuge on board German and
English vessels in the harbor.
Horrible Details.
Horrible details of the slaughter
of Jews, maltreatmment Of women
and pilage and burning OF shops at
Castra Blanca are told by passenger
who arrived at Tangier Friday from
that port.
They say that after the lombard
ment of the place began both the
Moorish soldiers and Arabs revensed
themselves on the inhabitants, plum
dering, killing and burning on all
sides.
They sacked the custom house anH
burned large part OF the city whose
streets are so filed with decomposlno
bodies that an epidemic is threatened.
Among the Jews killed was man
nnder protection of the British con-
enlste His sisters we're assaulted and
carried off by Moors.
TRIED TO MAKE PEACE.