 Juan García y Magallo, Governor of Melilla and commander of the Spanish forces, issued an ineffective ultimatum while the Sultan dispatched a contingent of regular troops under Baja-el-Arbi to restore the situation, without success.Skirmishes were fought at forts "Camellos" and "San Lorenzo".When the Rif tore down the forts they'd captured, Margallo deployed small parties of infantry and workmen to throw up new earthworks at forts "Cabrerizas" and "Rostro Gordo", under cover of the Spanish batteries.