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...Foch in his final drive against the Germans in 1918, had been concentrating his forces first at one point and then at another, and was now about to consolidate the points of vantage in a final drive upon the heights of Bribane, which would sweep on until Abd-el-Krim surrendered...
...intending to convene her Parliament on Oct. 6. It was hoped that before Oct. 6: 1) M. Briand could negotiate the Security Pact; 2) M. Caillaux might properly negotiate a debt settlement with the U. S.; 3) Maréchal Petain would plant a decisive blow in Abd-el-Krim's midRiff. Now France is less sanguine of the immediate success of her three champions. The Government has postponed the opening of Parliament until...
Last week the plump sausage-shaped area defended by Abd-el-Krim was severely French-fried on its convex southern exposure. Early in the week French confidence and enthusiasm, in both Paris and Morocco, reached extraordinary heights...
...Riffian defenders by ten to one. Nevertheless, the almost fanatically dauntless tribesmen, certain of Paradise if they die in battle, weathered the terrific preliminary barrage, attacked the infantry at close quarters with deadly curved knives, and finally had to be tracked, bayonetted and bludgeoned into submission. Abd-el-Krim, never backward at war, received a shrapnel wound in the leg while directing the defense of Bribane; was rushed by loyal tribesmen to a safe distance...
...narrow beach below the high cliffs of the promontory at one side of the bay. The cliffs were scaled and taken with little loss, apparently, to either side, since there was very little fighting. No immediate offensive was begun from the new position. Ajdir, the capital of Abd-el-Krim, is probably the objective of the attack...