Word: franchi
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Dates: during 1955-1955
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...Berbers piled their guns on the ground in front of the French. "You command us," they wailed. "We are miserable wretches." By the time General André Franchi arrived to accept their submission. 10,000 tribesmen and 5,000 Arab townsfolk were waiting to submit...
...Franchi's harsh tones boomed out through the loudspeaker: "You have behaved like stinking jackals! If France did not have a heart, all of you would be dead." An old Caid in flowing robes made the surrender speech: "If this happens again, may you come back and decimate our tribe!" With that, tribesmen slashed the legs of twelve sacrificial bulls, and the beasts sank to their knees in token of abject submission. "Blood is spilled," chanted the Berbers. "Peace returns...
...French commander of the Casablanca area, General André Franchi, broadcast an appeal for calm. "I am a man who knows and loves the Moroccan soul," he said, "but I have the imperative duty of maintaining order." Franchi ordered his troops to fire if disobeyed, then added: "I ask God to avoid this at all costs...