On the 27 July two American airplanes spotted Know forty Sandinistas waiting Change_event_time in ambush Attack .

The American aviators reported Reporting seeing Traveling six Sandinistas `` dead Death or seriously wounded Bodily_harm . ''

The battle Hostile_encounter raged from 2:30 to 4:00 , with the Sandinistas being eventually driven Motion back .

After the Battle Hostile_encounter of Santa Clara , the Sandinistas fell Motion back to `` the jungles around El Chipote mountain , '' which was `` ideal country for guerrilla warfare . ''