Show FRENCH TROOPS CAUGHT IN TRAP Timely Arrival of General Drude Saves De Column From Slaughter MOORS WERE CLOSING IN FURIOUS CHARGE OF FRENCH CAVALRY Casablanca Oct OcL 20 Via Tangier Oct The timely arrival of General Drude I frIth reinforcements alone saved sayed Colonel II 11 I o 0 reconnoitering column from annihilation yesterday near The troops which were sent out to search Bearch for forth forth th body of a Frenchman named Kuntz Kuntzer er r who had wandered from the camp and was wB w murdered consisted of a detachment ot o cavalry two companies s of Infantry and and o 1 section of Runs guns battery batter On arriving at Alvarez a group of sixty Moorish soldiers was wa seen on top of a mound Colonel De Fretay ordered a squad of Algerian cavalry to give chase and a hot pursuit was wa kept up for about three miles when suddenly the hUla hills be beyond beyond yond ond were seen to be seen swarming with horsemen Troops In a Trap The Algerian troops realizing that they had fallen into a trap retired slowly Colonel De Fretay when ho lie reached his advance force occupied a position with the infantry and in reserve resene be he behind behInd hind the walls of tombs deploying de deploying deploying a force of d and Algerian Alg Irregulars to the northeast The Moors who ho were constantly being reinforced then began a circling move moe movement movement ment with the object o of turning the French position but were momentarily checked by the tho sustained fire of the In Infantry fantry and n a hail hall of bullets from the guns Nevertheless the situ situation situation situation was sas growing critical Timely Arrival Fully Full Moorish warriors threatened to overwhelm Colonel De Fre ore tays column when General Drude who arrived upon the Moorish flank unperceIved unperceIved with two companies of ot infantry two batteries of field guns and another section of ot gun artillery opened on the enemy enem with all his nuns guns The Moors were taken completely by surprise and taking advantage of the confusion Into which the natives were thrown Gen General General General eral Drude quickly massed massel and launched his cavalry Into a furious charge into the thick of Moors Ioos resulting in fierce fighting the tue French troopers troop troopers ers era and Algerian irregulars the enemy right and left The Moors were unable to withstand the impetuosity of the attack and broke and fled French Fr Losses The French losses which were all sus sustained sustained tamed during the charge were Captain Ihler killed while leading l his squadron Jardy Jard a private who was wounded and carried by b his hia frantic horse Into the thick of the enemy by whom he was decapitated decapitated and horribly mutilated and another private who was killed In the hand fighting Over sixty Moors were left dead on the field the majority being b killed by sabres In addition to the officer and two to men killed and nine who were wounded the French lost nineteen horses killed and wounded I |