31.   The rebels have opted to abandon their bases and stage hit-and-run guerrilla attacks rather than fight overwhelmingly superior forces to defend the camps.

32.   Bamut has been under attack by vastly superior Russian forces for three months.

33.   They took part in a coup led by veteran mercenary Bob Denard that ousted the president but was eventually crushed by an overwhelmingly superior French force.

34.   They took part in a coup led by veteran mercenary Bob Denard which ousted the president but was eventually crushed by an overwhelmingly superior French force.

35.   Lightly armed Chechen guerrillas have held out against a vastly superior Russian force of artillery, tanks and infantry outside Argun since late December.