The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-10
TROOPS REBEL 5000 MOORS
FRENCH SOLDIERS ON SHORE AT
CASABLANCA..
Transports Arrive Just In Time to Drive on
s1Arge Force Of Natives and Save city
Acts Of Bravery-EurOpeans Leave
ship and 60 Back 60 Their Honies.

Special Gable Despatch 10 TIE sun.
LONDON, Aug. "a delayed Tangier des-
patch says that troops were landed mt Casa
blanca from tho French transports on
Wednesday and that after a n engagement
the French succeeded in driving the Moors
out OF the town.
Gen. Doude, in command Of the French
soldiers. pitched camp just outside the
town. Before that no repulsed An at
tack Of a force Of tribesmen estimated at
| 5000. The feet OF warships fired on the
tribesmen and helped to check their adj
vance. Since then there has been COM
plete communication between the warships
and shore and the Europeans who took
refuge on ships have returned TO their
houses and shops in the city.
Writing under date OF August 7 the Nail
correspondent wildly describes the rousing
of the surrounding tribes by holy men
preaching a jehad, or holy war. and how
the residents watched eagerly for the arrival
Of more French ships, knowing that the
thousands of mounted Arabs, whom they
saw swarming on every inland skyline,
could enter the town easily by every gate
except the water port, which alone the
ships guns commanded.
Dangers were clearly imminent. and IL
they were not averted they doubtless in
volved the slaughter Of every foreigner in
Casablanca.
The tribesmen began their attack upon
the onsulates at dawn. and the correspond
ent becomes enthusiastic over the mag
nihcent spirit shown by the French naval
men defending them. He is particularly
eulogistic OF Lieut.. de Tyssier and thirty
men from the Du Chayla protecting the
| n-..,.l vz..s. Hoo, .h~ IatNar anI
the Spanish Consulate the Arab assault
was concentrated. but the British Consult
ate. being the more advanced. bore the
brunt.
] During the night the Arabs, with a rabble
| of town Moors and many disba nded soldiers,
had crept silently to a number of empty
Moorish houses. mostly loopholed, COM
handing the consulate. At daybreak they
began a vigorous fusillade, under cover Of
which others, creeping through by-lanes,
occupied still more advanced positions until
| the consulate was commanded on three
sides and practically cut OF.
The situation was so serious that Lieut..
de Tyssier was compelled to make %sorties,
which, with the assistance of the garrison
Of the Spanish Consulate. relieved the pres
sure momentarily, hut the force was not
sufficient to attack the Arabs, who continued
the assault. Happily when things looked
the ugliest four French ships. the Gloire,
Jeanne dare, Condo and Jules Ferry, ar
rived, and none too soon. Immediately they
anchored and boats laden with infantry
started shoreward the danger ceased. The
Arabs fastened to escape before the gates
could be seized by the rescurers.
A despatch dated August 3 says that
everything was quiet. French troops, with
artillery, we're outside the town awaiting
an Arab attack. Five thousand tribesmen
gathered with their standards, and holy
men exhorted them within five miles of the
town. holy war is said to have been pro-
claimed.
TANGIER, Aug. 9.-Letters from Casa
blanca brought by the cruiser Forbin,
which arrived here to-day. say that order
was prevailing at Casablanca when the
cruiser sailed. All the Europeans who had
taken refuge on steamships in the roadstead
had landed.
Tn town il in rains. The officers in
command Of the ships Of war that were
bombaTding the town, seeing that much
looting was going on in the European quar-
ter. turned their guns in that direction and
great damage was done. Among the
things looted was a German mail pouch
containing money and letters. Most of the
bodies Of the Moors killed in the fighting
have been buried.
II is reported here that the British Consul
at Mazagan sent a wireless despatch to
Gibraltar requesting hat a British steam
ship go there and hat one 10 on it's way.
The Italian Minister and many Europeans
living in the outskirts have come into town.
One hundred and thirty residents have gone
to Gibraltar. Many Moors have been ar
rested for proclaiming in the streets that a
holy war had been declared.
All reports from Casablanca concur in
saying that terrible atrocities were per-
p~etrsted by the Moors in the Jewish quarter.
where there seems to have been a general
massacre. Jewish corpses we're dragged
in the streets and exposed to the derision
Of the populace. Eight Jewish children
were battered TO death in the presence Of
their mothers. Some Jews had their legs
hacked OF. Their quarter was completely
looted. and most Of the women we're car
ried of.
PARIS. Aug. O. Admiral PhilibeTt. who is
in command OF the French naval squadron.
reports that five Of the cruiser Du Chayla's
men we're killed in fighting when the land
ing party forced its way to the French Con
sulste. Several Spanish sailors also were
killed or wounded.
The Unaffected tribes, which were in
revolt against the orders Of the Maghzen
Moorish Government. lost considerably
on Wednesday mornings attack. Four
transports arrived at " o'clock in the morn
ing, in time TO stop the attacks, which the
detachments that were holding the consulate
could not have sustained much longer.
The warships. says Admiral Philibert,
swept the environs that we're still occupied
by the assailsnts for a quarter Of an hour
and then landed men rapidly and occupied
the town. The rebels lost severely by tire
cross fire Of the cruisers Forbin and Galilae.
Admiral Philibest and Gen. Drude have
posted a proclamation in the town eN-
planning the intentions Of the French Gov
ernment Gen. Drude telegraphed that his
loss in expelling the tribesmen WAS two
officers and two men killed and ten men
wounded.
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