Spain Determined to Crush the Riffs: Large Operations Madrid, Nov. 12.
Extensive operations are now proceeding in Morocco in pursuance of the Directory's resolve to bring the campaign against the Riffs to 'a conclusion, even though this involves some withdrawal from the enemy country. General Prime de Rivera, who "of Morocco, is directing operations. He has boldly decided to fall back from the holy city of SI '45 miles south of Tetuan, to a new fortified line.
communique in regard to the situation says that the Spaniards, supported by warships and aeroplanes, have provoked an engag ment with a view to inflicting exemplary chastisement so as to facilitate subsequent retirement, In the course of hard fighting, the Spaniards lost 10 killed and 52 wounded.
The War Office has decided to postpone the disbandment of the 1921 Class and call the 1924 Class to the colours in order to pars inexorable eampaign—Reuter.
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