 The frontline of the Berber revolt now leaped to the middle Maghreb (Algeria).The Sicilian expeditionary army of Habib ibn Abi Obeida arrived too late to prevent the massacre of the nobles.Realizing they were in no position to take on the Berber army by themselves, they retreated to Tlemcen, to gather the reserves, only to find that city too was now in disarray.