Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-15
SOME REAL WAR
CasabIanca Bombarded by French
and Spanish Cruisers.
MANY M00RS KILLED.

Marines We're Sent Ashore to Pro.
tect the European Consulates-
French Have Six Wounded But
None Killed-No European Res;-
dents Hurt-Outcome of Native
Uprising.
A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco.
says open hostilities have resulted I'm
the injury of five 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 15O
sailors ashore to protect the consul
ate and the Moors resented this and
opened fire, moving down the FIVE
ofhcers and six sailors. The French
battleships Galilee, Duchayla and the
spanish battleship Don Alvaro De
Vazan then began the bombardment
or Castra Blanca. Town battery an
swered but began getting the worst
or II so the Moorish comm ander offer
ed to apologize. The French de-
manded surrender and will prob
ably demand more substantial re-
paration. Warships have sent men
ashore to protect the European con-
suiates, and attend the many lad
and injured.
Casablanca on the Morraccan coast
has been bombarded by French cruis-
ers, the Moors are reported to have
been shot down In large numbers and
the town, since last Sunday night
has been practicahy in possession of
landing parties from the French ana
Spanish cruisers.
The first shots were fred by the
Moors. The Frenchmen responded
with bayonet charge and the BON
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
direct outcome of the native uprising
which resulted in the killing last
last week OF eght Europeans at Casa
hlanct. 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 60
ing to land force for the protection
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 fired upon
by Moorish soldiers, and In this first
encounter the French forces sustain.
ed all its 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
Joined at II o'clock by the French
cruiser Du Chayla, and both vessels
fired until 1000 rounds of ammuni
tion had been expended. This fire 1t
said to have been disastrous to the
Arabs.
The battery on fort at the mouth
of the harbor fired on one of tho
French cruisers, but 1t was quickly
silenced and reduced.
A second French landing party
went ashore and joined the first par
ty at the consulate. A tnird part!
from the Spanish cruiser Don Alvart
de Bazan was landed and occupied
the Spanish consulate. The European
quarter of Casablanca was not dam
aged.
The remainder of the European
residents of Casablanca are either
their respective consulates or have
taken refuge on board German an6
English vessels in the harbor
Horrible Details.
Horrible details of the slaughter
of Jews. maltreatmment of womeT
and pilage and burning of shops al
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 revengeC
themselves on the inhabitants, plum
dering, killing and burning on al
sides.
They sacked the custom house anC
burned a large part OF the city who's
streets are so filed with decomposins
bodies that an epidemic Is threatened
Among the Jews killed was a maj
under protection of the British con
sulate His sisters were assaulted an'
carried of by Moors.
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