Word: fez
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Morocco. Heavy engagements in the war between the Riff tribesmen and the French (TIME, May 11 et seq.) were reported from Fez, the military headquarters of the French...
...Fez and Taza came within an ace of being captured, but a strong counteroffensive relieved the former, and a hectic battle was continuing for the latter, from which all females were evacuated. Marshal Lyautey, the President General and Commander-in-Chief, telegraphed Paris that, unless more troops were sent, he would decline to be responsible for any situation which might develop. Losses suffered by both sides in the fighting were heavy...
...Morocco. The war between the French and the Riff tribesmen (TIME, May 11 et seq.) was resumed after a lull of nearly two weeks. A tremendous Riffian drive on Fez was halted without serious losses by the French. Sultan Mulai Yusef, for whom the French exercise a protectorate in Morocco, visited the front and gave heart to his defending faithfuls. A blockade of Riff territory was begun by joint action of the French and Spanish...
From Rabat, the Premier went to Fez, which is immediately south of the Werglia Valley (held by the French). And from Fez, the Premier paid a series of visits to the front line, decorated many soldiers, saw with his own eyes actual conditions and had the campaign and all its difficulties explained by the commanding generals...
...mile front, hordes of Riffians recklessly attacked French native troops. At most points, owing to their open tactics, they were repulsed with heavy losses while the French troops suffered comparatively few casualties. The Riffian chief was presumed to be making a bid to capture the town of Fez. Premier Painlevé disavowed all intention of extending operations to conquest of the Riff territory...