1.   But the Lancastrian army proved too powerful, and after a brave fight the defences were breached.

2.   At its worst, beach huts at Southwold and Felixstowe were swept away from their fixings when sea defences were breached.

3.   The radio said Croatian Serbs, allied to the Bosnian Serbs, had breached government defences in the south of the safe area.

4.   Russian President Vladimir Putin has uncovered a weapon that is breaching Western defences as few other arms have done -- the killer joke.

5.   The home side enjoyed the better chances but when they did breach the Galatasaray defence they found Colombian international goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon in sparkling form.

6.   The head of the Krajina Serb mission in Belgrade, Branko Peric, told AFP that the Croatian army had failed to breach Serb defences.