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Show TRIBESMEN OP MOROCCO DEFEATED BY SPANISH MILILLA. Morocco. July 0. -Ileavv ,)0,WC(,1 lie Spanish troops and he tribesmen of the regions adjacent to this town occurred today. Tho natives liavInBr lcilloel four Spanish workmen of the RtfC Mining company, General Marina, the gowrnor of Melllla, seal out a force to punish them. The enemy made a long and stubborn resistance. The Spanish artillery demolished several villages with shell fire and the infantry stormed a fort which the tribesmen had made their headquarters. head-quarters. The natives lost heavily. When the Spanish force returned a muster showed that forty had been killed or wounded. Tlio situation Is extremely threatening. General Marina Is entrenching the approach ap-proach to the city and lias telegraphed to Madrid lor reinforcements. ' |