Show SPANISH AMBUSHED BY THE MOORS ON THE RIFF BIFF COAST General Vicario cario Killed Severe Fighting in Progress at Last Accounts to Melilla Oct 1 IA A Spanish force from irom reconnoitering yester yeter yesterday day ay in the direction of Jemis encountered the Moors and met with witha a serious reverse General Diez Vicario three other officers and fourteen men were willed and men wounded The Spanish force was under the command of General Orosco The other officers who lost their lives were a lieutenant and two captains L The rne division under General supported on the left by b General Vi carlos brigade and on the right by two squadrons of cavalry and a R bat battery batter battery tery ter of artillery made a Into the territory and it was ns on their return in the direction of that the Spaniards fell into the Moorish h ambush and were attacked furiously fu The fighting lighting wa was fierce and bloody blondy The Spaniards held their own until the arrival of or reinforcements consisting of two companies of infantry and a battery of machine guns with the aid of which they beat off the Moors but with a total of OO dead and wounded Early Earl this the Spaniards under General Marina again advanced In the direction of Sake I Jemis but were attacked by b five thousand Moors in the front Last reports stated that severe fighting was in progress Madrid Oct 1 IThe The latest Spanish S nish defeat in Morocco in which G Dies Dieg Vicario lost his life J 13 not yet known to the people of Madrid and the authorities are carefully suppress suppressing ing the details of the activities of yes yesterday yesterday yesterday and Wednesday which indi indicated Indicated that the Moors were resuming re the offensive It is 15 now known however that the Spaniards retired from front the summit of Mount because of the sudden appearance of 1000 eo Moors whose at attack attack attack tack was expected momentarily The enthusiasm that followed the announcement of the possession of Mount Is dampened today by bythe bythe bythe the news already made public and anti the people will be further dismayed when they hear h ar of the reverse of yesterday Tangier Morocco lorocco Oct 1 News re received received received from the interior today was to the effect that the mountain tribes of the Maz region re lon are hurrying to the he support crt art the Riffs Rifts who are fighting lighting Spain around Melilla It is said that the tribesmen are acting upon orders from Hafid the sultan of Mo Morocco Morocco rocco but this is not credited |