The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-29
SPANISH FORCES
AGAIN DEFEATED
Riffs Gathered in Vast Horde
To Make Effort to
Sweep Out Oons.
PRISONERS ARE TORTURED
MOST ATROciOUS SLAUGHTER OF
MODERN TIMES HAS BEEN RE.
PORTED HUNDRED SOLDIERS
WERE cRUcIFIED.
(American News Seryice)

\<A"eTlCdu news SeTplCe1
Lisbon, Aug 2S.-Gen Marina's ar
my has again suffered defeat in Mo-
rocco. The Moors have checked the
advance at Restinga and while they
are torturing their Spanish prisoners
the Riffs are gathering in reinforce
ments to attack the entire Spanish COL
umn
Dispatches today state that only 400
Spanish have fallen in the past forty
eight hours fighting but those dis
patches were censored and the total
number of deal is believed to have
reached nearly twice that number.
The Moors have taken 1900 Spanish
prisoners and 600 tribesmen have fall
len
Great Crueities.
The most atrocfous slaughter of
modern times, attended by barbarous
cruelties practiced upon Spanish pris-
oners are described in dispatches re-
ceived here today from Melilla and
ing line
The Spanish in the garrison of Me-
lila are compelled to witness the most
heart rending scenes every day. From
the garrison they can see detachments
Of prisoners led out upon small pla-
teau upon the side of Mount Gurug.l
where sickening tortures are visited
upon them until death relieves them of
their suffering
One hundred Spaniards were cruel
fled in plain view of the garrison,
| which was too far away for the artil-
lery to reach the natives. The corpses
are thrown into a trench filled with the
decaying bodies of Spanish soldiers.
The soldiers in the Melilla barracks
pleaded with their officers upon their
knees to be allowed to advance upon
the Moors and avenge their comrades.
The main body of troops is still CEN
tered about Melilla. A detachment of
| Spanish TROOPS are encamped in the
| armed village of Elabar where there is
| fresh water. The village for time
| will be the base of the vanguards'
operations on account of the water
supply and the operations of the enc
my.
Tales of BIoodshed.
Tales of cruelties practiced upon the
| Spanish soldiers are borne from camp
| fire to campfire. The Moors after lead
| ing detachment of bound soldiers out
upon the heights of Mount Gurugu lop
off their hands while fanatics dance
and sing around the bodies. Then
with their long knives they slash the
bodies and fill the wounds with salt.
| With their fingers they gOuge GU:
the eyes of the prisoners and pull
their tongues out by the roots. Even
after the dying prisoner has lost all
consciousness of pain the barbarian=
continue their cruelties until life is
extinct. Many of the inhuman prac
tees are too vile for mention.
The firing line now extends along
the entire Moroccan coast. The ad
vance of the Spanish troops is marked
by trail of ashes. Three villages
near Restinga were burned by q
Spanish troop and the torch is applied
Unfortunately along the line o.
march.
| Sickness has broken out in the Span
| ish camps in the immediate vicinity o.
Melilla on account of the men drink
ing impure water. The officers are
able to buy mineral waters but thu
soldiers had to get their supply from
stagnant pools which were LITERAL!
alive with vermin.
The Moors made sOrtie against AL
hucemas last night but were driver
back by artillery fire.