The sudden war which Abd-el-Krim, the Riff "Sultan," recently declared on the French (TIME, May 11) went badly for the Riffians. Each day brought them defeat, casualties, while the same days brought victories and no losses to the defending French troops.
After a week of this kind of thing, the truth, naked and unabashed, came out in the open: the Riffians had captured a number of blockhouses in the French zone; the French, although their losses were light, had suffered casualties. Marshal Lyautey, French Resident General in Morocco, telegraphed to Paris, asked for...
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