 Construction was pushed forward as fast as possible, the main effort being to erect new redoubts at "Peuta de Cabiza" and "Punta Dolossos".After a period of escalating violence the war began in earnest on October 3 when 6,000 Rif warriors armed with Remington rifles descended from the mountains and attacked the city's garrison of 400 regular infantry.The Spaniards fought a bloody daylong battle without relief, losing 21 dead and 100 wounded, while the citizens of Melilla fled to the citadel.