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The second Riffian, a plump but well knit man with a shrewd impassive face and hard luminous eyes, was of course Mohammed ben Abd-El-Krim.
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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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The Riffian Sultan was described by several of his English officers as "the coolest man I ever saw."
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Spaniards, upon taking stock of Abd-el-Krim's former general headquarters at Ajdir, became aware that the Riffian war lord had furnished himself with many of the commonplaces of European existence.
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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
And a star-shaped series of radiating trenches and dugouts extending for several miles has made of Targuist a stronghold which the Riffians are reported to consider impregnable.
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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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The Riffians had advanced along a hundred mile front to the River Vergha on the east.
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The attack was launched with a suddenness that surprised the Riffians; and, in a magnificent action supported by the troops of Colonel Freydenberg, the heights were captured!
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Two flanking movements starting from opposite ends of a 45-kilometer front induced the Riffians to flee, leaving the Tsoul tribe alone to oppose the French.
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