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Show TRIBESMEN REPULSED WITH BIG SLAUGHTER Bebels Attack Fortress In , Morocco, bnt the Troops Defend It' : : 11 "With Vigor." "V; ". v.. v-V::' ' - -; . ' ': MADRID, , April A dispatch from , Melllla, Morocco, gives details of the fighting at Frajala. It says that 6000 : Insurgents made a desperate attack on the fortress of Frajala, April 8th. After Af-ter the customary prayers the. tribesmen tribes-men advanced with a wild rush, to the accompaniment of religious exhorta. tlons. Twice they attempted to carry the fortress by assault but were repulsed re-pulsed by well directed fusillades, which killed numbers of the Insurgents. During the attack the powder supply of the tribesmen exploded, killing many Of them. :::-' ' ' ' |