Even before the Spanish Government declared war on Morocco, it had already received warnings from the Italian Government.
The Italian Government stated that it would offer diplomatic support to Spain in this military action, but it would not interfere if it attracted the attention of other major powers.
Prim naturally understood that the Italian Government could not possibly oppose the British for Spain's sake. As long as they expressed their support for Spain in the military action against Morocco, that would already be enough.
On the afternoon of September 28, 1870, two and a half hours had already passed since Spain declared war on the Moroccan Government, and fourteen and a half hours since the formal action of the Spanish Army.
Faced with the sudden attack from the Spanish Army, the indigenous tribes of Morocco were unprepared and fled in disarray, although they had neither helmets nor armors.
