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The Riffi were said to suffer terribly through a lack of anesthetics.

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Then, in the latter year, came their astounding expedition at the head of 5,000 Riffi which surprised, captured and disarmed 20,000 Spaniards under General Navarro.

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He said that the hearts of loyal Riffi are so constructed that they could not possibly turn from Krim to "the French sultan."

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He said that not even Abd-El-Krim can disarm the Riffi, since each cleaves to his rifle as to his wife.

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Riffi, the little tailor, recalled the words of his wife Sapience: "Riffi, you will get yourself crippled, and it will serve you right."

From The Invasion of France in 1814 by Chatrian, Alexandre