Fortune apparently has begun to frown on the rebel chieftain Abd-el-Krim. A fortnight ago TIME, Aug. 24) the Spaniards and the French drove back his western front. Last week the French drove back his southern front. All through the Taza sector the Riffs were driven back and the French in three days claimed the recovery of all the territory Abd-el-Krim had taken in three months.
The French success was less a battle than a maneuver. There are in the neighborhood of 100,000 French troops now in Morocco, of which 20,000 or 25,000...
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