Paris, July 19.
Marshal Petain has had a meeting with General Lyautey at Rabat, and later held audience with the Sultan of Morocco.
General Naulin, interviewed before proceeding to Morceco, applaud. ed the decision to send Marshal Petain to Morocco as his presence would cheer the troops there.
General Naulin said that there were at present 125,000 troops in the Rif region, and he believed thir force was adequate to achieve the French aims.
Reports in the French press Riff activities in the direction of Fez are confirmed by messages from Madrid, which describe violent Riff attacks at Ainicha and incessant aeroplane bombardments of the Fez, July 19.
A communique states that the French lost the post of Barhosein and Wedbamrin after a violent Riff attack, in which the Riffs lost
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