1.   In April the French army launched an attack.

2.   The army launched several cross-border raids last night.

3.   The army launched a counteroffensive at dawn.

4.   After the Lahore talks, the Pakistani army launched an incursion into the Indian state of Jammu and into Kashmir.

5.   Ecuador denied allegations by Peru that the Ecuadorean army launched two mortar attacks on a Peruvian army base near a disputed section of their shared border.

6.   However, hostilities resumed days later when the army launched a major offensive against guerrilla bases in southern Colombia.

7.   Now a re-armed and expanded Croatian army has launched an offensive aimed at recovering the whole of Krajina, an area amounting to roughly a third of all Croatia.

8.   On Sunday night, the Israeli army launched reprisal assaults, reportedly killing a Palestinian security officer.

9.   Officials were contemplating whether the army would launch a retaliatory strike in Palestinian areas.

10.   The Croatian army launched an intense assault on the Serb-held territory, known as Krajina, early Friday and now threatens to overrun the entire region.