The lizards still live! I really put some time into that turn and things worked out well. Lost some troops, but not commanders - which is a good thing since reinforcements are definitely not on the way.
The sad thing is my scouting report still indicates "220 units, blah blah SCs, etc." besieging my cap. I think you could probably afford those losses every couple turns.
Btw, in case you're wondering about the attacks on 24 and 29 I wasn't expecting or even wanting to win those. For some reason I can't fathom I had decided to cast ritual of returning on a couple of my tarts. This is quite a limitation on an SC needed to defend my cap so I decided to send them out and hopefully have them wounded and get rid of the returning so they could participate in my cap defense.