Word: abd
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Spaniards, upon taking stock of Abd-el-Krim's former general headquarters at Ajdir, became aware that the Riffian war lord had furnished himself with many of the commonplaces of European existence. A French-made telephone was discovered, in good working order, and was promptly connected up with the Spanish base at Morro Nuevo. In a room filled with maps and various documents were neat-filed clippings from Spanish, French and German newspapers. At Abd-el-Krim's residence, a short distance away, was found an extensive library containing numerous works on international law. And a hospital...
Reports from Fez indicate that on retiring from Ajdir before the Spanish advance, Abd-el-Krim fled to the all but inaccessible Beni Arous Mountains, the most rugged of the Atlas Range. There, with his brother, Sidi Muhammed, and some tens of thousands of faithful tribesmen, he is reported to be resting and attempting to engineer more tribal alliances against the French and Spanish...
...lasted seven years, is now celebrating the capture of an insignificant village, the so-called capital of Riff-land. Belgians, Serbians and Rumanians, they pointed out, found it quite possible to do a deal of heavy fighting after Brussels, Belgrade and Bucharest had fallen to the Central Powers. Abd-el-Krim is still at large. And the Spanish attack of last week, crowned by the fall of his "capital" though it be, represents an actual advancement of the Spanish front by a scant four miles...
Last week Sidi Muhammad, brother of the indomitable Abd-el-Krim, called for foreign intervention in Morocco affairs. Said he: "To continue war means ruin, although we can stand another year at this rate ... Is there nobody-America, England or Italy-who is ready to speak for peace...
...Marshal himself is said to take satisfaction in the official version of the matter, which is that he has waited to resign his post until recent French successes have made the fruits of his early labors again secure. His enemies frankly hint that Abd-el-Krim had nearly blasted the rich protectorate of Lyautey, root and branch. Petain, they insist, must have full credit for saving...