 On October 22 the gunboat "Conde de Venadito" steamed to the mouth of the Río de Oro, anchored there, and turned her Hotchkiss guns on the Rif.The ship hurled 31 shells at the Rif trenches and returned to Melilla's harbour without sustaining any damage.5,000 Rifians in turn made a heavy attack on the heights of "Sidi Guariach" on October 27 and, despite again running afoul the guns of the "Venadito" and the Spanish batteries, drove General Margallo and General Ortego back into the citadel and seized their half-finished field works.