Editing French protectorate in Morocco (section)

===Agadir Crisis===
{{Main|Agadir Crisis}}
{{Franco-Moroccan conflicts}}
[[File:Maroc preco.jpg|thumb|250px|left|French [[artillery]] at [[Rabat]] in 1911]]

In 1911, a rebellion broke out against Abd al-Hafid. By early April 1911, the Sultan was besieged in his palace in [[Fes|Fez]] and the French prepared to send troops to help suppress the rebellion under the pretext of protecting European lives and property. The French dispatched a [[flying column]] at the end of April 1911 and [[Germany]] gave approval for the occupation of the city. [[Military history of Morocco|Moroccan forces]] besieged the French-occupied city. Approximately one month later, French forces brought the siege to an end. On 5 June 1911 the Spanish occupied [[Larache]] and Alcazaquibir ([[Ksar-el-Kebir]]). On 1 July 1911, the German gunboat Panther arrived at the port of [[Agadir]]. There was an immediate reaction from the French, supported by the British.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kdXVqWtfyLMC&pg=PA83|title=Currency and Coercion: The Political Economy of International Monetary Power|last=Kirshner|first=Jonathan|date=1997|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0691016267|pages=83|language=en}}</ref>