41.   Kadel said the rebels fled Tuesday morning and that soldiers recovered automatic guns and ammunition from the battlefield.

42.   Many rebels then fled Tajikistan into neighboring Afghanistan, which they use as a base for attacks on their homeland.

43.   Many rebel Serbs initially fled to Bosnian Serb-held regions from Croatia to escape the government army offensive.

44.   Military spokesman Maj. John Milton said Thursday reinforcements had been sent to the ambush site and that the rebels had fled the area.

45.   Police said the rebels fled into nearby hills.

46.   Previous attempts by the army to defeat the rebels have failed, largely because the rebels fled back to southern Sudan along the long, poorly patrolled border.

47.   Rebels later fled to nearby mountains.

48.   Reinforcements was rushed to the area, but the rebels had fled by then.

49.   Russian troops re-entered Chechnya last September, and rebels fled Grozny en masse in early February.

50.   Since rebels fled the Chechen capital Grozny en masse in early February, Russia has focused its offensive on the southern mountains.