sentences:  Silvestre was well aware of the poor morale of his soldiers, but he did not regard this as a problem, believing that his enemy was so inferior that the problems afflicting his troops were not an issue.Silvestre had spread out his troops out in 144 forts and blockhouses ("blocaos") from Sidi Dris on the Mediterranean across the Riff mountains to Annual and Tizi Azza and on to Melilla.A typical blockhouse held about a dozen men while the larger forts had about 800 men.