11.   British U N Soldiers at a base in Central Bosnia have been forced to move out under heavy mortar fire.

12.   Almost immediately they came under small arms and mortar fire.

13.   And observers have reported mortar fire across the border.

14.   Apartment buildings stagger from mortar fire.

15.   As the diplomats talked in a hushed conference room in the Council of Ministers building, mortar fire could be heard like a distant door slamming.

16.   As the Americans were flown into the war zone, they came under heavy mortar fire.

17.   As the NATO contingent moved toward the rebels, the group came under mortar fire, according to Richard Heffer, spokesman for the peacekeeping force in Kosovo.

18.   At the beginning mortar fire was so heavy and accurate that it was difficult for the helicopters ferrying troops into the battle to land at all.

19.   A few years ago, she recalled, she was hammering the enemy with mortar fire.

20.   Albeit without publicity, a Serbian movie director even attended the third Sarajevo Film Festival, held this month in an open-air theater without fear of mortar fire.