sentences:  Captain Fortea, one of the few Spanish prisoners taken at Annual, reported that Abd el-Krim wore the sash during the pursuit.Abd el-Krim himself told the writer J. Roger-Mathieu that this and other insignia had been brought to him by one of his men.A total of 15,000 Spanish soldiers fell in the days from July 22 to August 9; most died during the Battle of Annual (known as the "Disaster of Annual" to Spanish historians).