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First, marched 20 fierce Riffian guards, armed hip and thigh.
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At Targuist, little village on the northern slope of the Atlas Range, Abd-el-Krim, Riffian chief, was reported to be literally digging himself in for the winter.
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Fought against the Riffian tribes of Abd el Krim in Morocco in the 1920s, stayed on as a native-affairs officer.
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Despatches indicated that the French advance outnumbered the Riffian defenders by ten to one.
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A Riffian sauntered by with an indifferent air, his silver-mounted gun upon his back, a pair of pistols in his belt, and a great coarse tail of hair swinging between his shoulders.
From Miranda of the Balcony A Story by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodle) Mason
Besides, Spain is confronted with an orderly rule in French Morocco and complaints from the Italians in Tripolitania, who declare that Spain's inability to quell the Riffians reacts with bad effect on her own natives.
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Thus they linked up with their allies the French forces, which have advanced into that region from Kifane, and apparently the Spanish thrust came as a complete surprise to both French and Riffians.
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Prince Aago of Denmark, nephew of Queen Mother Alexandra of Britain, was wounded in the hand while fighting the Riffians in the French Foreign Legion.
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The second believes that Spain cannot conquer the Riffians without great sacrifices in men and materiel.
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Tanks were also employed in driving the Riffians from their entrenchments.
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