The Spaniards fought a bloody daylong battle, losing 21 dead and 100 wounded, while the citizens of Melilla organized a a civilian corps to aid in the defence, the weight of the attackers, compelled the last of the defenders to retire to the fortress.
The Spaniards fought a bloody daylong battle without relief, losing 21 dead and 100 wounded, while the citizens of Melilla fled to the citadel. Although a civilian corps was organized to aid in the defence, the weight of the attackers, whose ranks were swelled by tribesmen from the hills, compelled the last of the defenders to retire to the fortress.