New-York tribune., 1907-09-13
MOORISH ARMY ROUTED
TOINT ATTACK By ALLIES.
Comp at TadGert Destroyed and
Waitress Lose HeaUily.

,..sahlsaca- sert l9.-The allied Franco
e,o,;s,7 army made a sudden and successful
80 Yesterday ~, Taddert. where the Moors
,,,sss,z ~ force The camp Of the latter
= 5e=-rovsd tr bonbardment and the enemy
~ MI. - fight leaving many dead on the
e.ls and carrying away many more of their
,.6 The French lost one man killed and six
rne- ~o'iTded
TIVE attack on the Noors was carefully planned
.,5 vas based largely on observations of then
orf+ior7s made from a military balloon sent up
sron, the French camp The allied army "hlch
--se divided into two columns. left the camp at
6 o'clock in the morning. leaving several COM
s-,es Of infantry TO defend the base at Casa
tl.-,ca The first column was composed Of four
o,,nenies of regular infantry. several COM
.ries of sharpshooters. a battery of artillery
and all the cavalry. The second column con-
,s+ed Of six companies Of infantry and a bat
rerv Of artillery
Tho march was skillfully carried out under the
,ovar Of A fog until within half way TO Tad
de-t when the fog lifted and disclosed several
large bands Of the enemy The allies then
,,area5 Al the point of the bayonet, and, al
though the Moors resisted with their oldtlme
courage they were finally compelled to retreat
IN the face of a superior force, and both or the
columns Of allied troops advanced on Taddert.
After the bornbardment of that place by the
p-ancb artillery, as we'll as by the guns or the
French cruiser Gloire, which fired seVenty-lNe
shells the allied infantry advanced on the
Moorish camp where the enemy was making a
last desperate stand. a short engagement fol-
lowed and the Moors fed among the Mills III
wild disorder pursued for several miles by me
irregular Algerian cavalry in the French ser
vice.
When the Moors saw their camp in flames
they set fire to all the farms and woods which
they could reach. and soon the country sur
rounding Taddert became covered with smoke
and flames. The camp was completely de-
stroyed.
During the engagement the Moors endeavored
n er7nlov their familiar tactics Of circling rap
idly in front Of the advancing troops. with the
object Of cutting them off and surrounding
section Of the allied force but the attempt
utterly failed. largely account Of the rapid
advance of the two independent columns. whose
movements seemed to puzzle the Moors and
made them believe that q trap was laid for
them.
When assailed from q long line of troops the
Moors retreated from Taddert, where many OF
them fell under the accurate firing Of the field
artillery and the guns Of the Gloire. at anchor
of the coast
General Drude. who has recovered from his
tarv operations
Paris. Sept. l2-Premier Clemenceau. discuss
ing the engagement at Taddert yesterday, said
that. while it not perhaps a great victory.
Il was sweeping blow to the Moors. which
General Drude would endeavor TO repeat in
other directions incidentally. he added, it shows
that the French commander has sufficient forces
TO accomplish the task before him.
The official Temps this evening halls
the result of the fighting Taddert as presag-
ing the return of ali the Moroccan ports to nor
nal conditions and the early establishment OF
the international police in the form Of French
and Spanish troops at the ports, which perhaps
would be followed by the organization Of
a Moorish police force The Temps also an
nounced that as soon as General Drude's mis-
sion is completed Spanish troops will police
Casablanca and that Tangier will be policed by
French soldiers.
Munich, Sept 1.-THE international peace
congress adopted q resolution to-day expressing
the hope that the action of France and Spain
IN Morocco will be confined TO the restoration of
order and the protection of foreigners. 1t also
expressed the opinion that the Moorish police
force, even If its organization is intrusted to
,e