Garland Globe | 1907-08-17 | Page 2 | Large Number of Natives Reported Killed in Battle

I- "UMBER OF NATIVES REPORTED KILLED IN BUTTLE ' Real Warfare Now on In Casablanca, the French Troops Having Deen Fired Upon by Moors and Warships Open Bombardment. Bom-bardment. Tangier. Cnsahlanrn, on llio Moroccan Moroc-can conRt, liaH boon liomlmrilod by French crulHors, thn Moors mu ro-ported ro-ported to hnvo boon Hhot down In largo numbers, und Ihu town since last Sunday night bus been practically lu possession of landlni; parties from ( French nnd Spanish cruisers. The lrst shots wore fired by tho Moors. , Tho French responded with a bayonet clutrKo and tho bombardment of tho native quarter with Melinite shells Tho French had six men wounded ., but no ono hilled. No ICuropenn resi dents were hurt. Tho occupation of Casablanca Is a direct outcome or tho native uprising upris-ing which resulted lu tho killing last week of eight Kuropenns there. Doth ( Franco and Spain aro hurrying other ' warshljm with troops and mnrlnes on j board to varloim points on tho Moroc- I ran conBt for the protection of foreign ers. Under the terms of tho Algeclnts convention these two powers nru charged with tho policing of seaports of Morocco, und their ucllon nt Casablanca Casa-blanca has brought no protest from any power. The states of Kuropo have expressed their willingness that Franco nnd Spain restore order In Morocco. No other countries are 1 1 volved.