Editing French protectorate in Morocco (section)

===French invasion===
{{Main|Bombardment of Casablanca (1907)|Émile Mauchamp|French conquest of Morocco}}
[[File:Assassination of Dr Mauchamp in Marrakesh (1907, Petit Journal).jpg|left|thumb|The assassination of [[Émile Mauchamp|Emile Mauchamp]] in Marrakesh, taken ''[[casus belli]]'' by France]][[File:Morocco medal 22 July 1909.jpg|thumb|left|[[Morocco commemorative medal (1909)|1909 Morocco commemorative medal]]—distributed to French soldiers that participated in the [[French conquest of Morocco|French invasion of Morocco]]]]

The [[French conquest of Morocco|French military conquest of Morocco]] began in the aftermath of [[Émile Mauchamp]]'s assassination in [[Marrakesh]] on 19 March 1907.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Katz |first=Jonathan |date=January 2001 |title=The 1907 Mauchamp affair and the French civilising mission in Morocco |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13629380108718426 |journal=The Journal of North African Studies |language=en |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=143–166 |doi=10.1080/13629380108718426 |s2cid=143563901 |issn=1362-9387|url-access=subscription }}</ref> In the French press, his death was characterized as an "unprovoked and indefensible attack from the ''barbarous natives'' of Morocco."<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|title=A history of modern Morocco|last=Miller, Susan Gilson.|date=2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781139624695|location=New York|pages=75|oclc=855022840}}</ref> [[Hubert Lyautey]] seized his death as a pretext to invade [[Oujda]] from the east.<ref name=":02" />
[[File:الدار البيضاء 1907 01.jpg|thumb|The French cruiser ''[[French cruiser Gloire (1900)|Gloire]]'' in the [[Bombardment of Casablanca (1907)|Bombardment of Casablanca]] August 1907, printed on a postcard]]
In the summer of 1907, tribes of the [[Chaouia (Morocco)|Chaouia]] led a revolt against the application of terms of the [[Algeciras Conference|1906 Treaty of Algeciras]] in Casablanca, killing nine European laborers working on the rail line between the port and a quarry in [[Roches Noires, Morocco|Roches Noires]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Histoire de Casablanca: des origines à 1914|last=Adam|first=André|publisher=Ophrys|year=1968|location=Aix-en-Provence}}</ref> The French responded with a naval [[Bombardment of Casablanca (1907)|bombardment of Casablanca]] from 5–7 August, and went on to occupy and "pacify" Casablanca and the [[Chaouia (Morocco)|Chaouia plain]], marking the beginning of the French invasion from the west.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Adam|first=André|date=1969|title=Sur l'action du Galilée à Casablanca en août 1907|journal=Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée|volume=6|issue=1|pages=9–21|doi=10.3406/remmm.1969.1002}}</ref><ref name=":03">{{Cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k617976v|title=Le Petit journal|last=texte|first=Parti social français Auteur du|date=6 August 1907|website=Gallica|language=EN|access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref>