1.   Edward captured the town and massacred its inhabitants.

2.   The town was captured after a siege lasting ten days.

3.   The town was captured by Italian forces under the command of General Ciano.

4.   The town was captured after a fierce battle with rebels at the weekend.

5.   This force, unlike its predecessors, captured sizeable towns, and in reaching Wilton and Wallingford penetrated a considerable distance inland.

6.   Bosnian Serb forces, meanwhile, claimed to have captured several towns in northwestern Bosnia.

7.   In the last two months, Goma has been shelled, besieged and plundered as Zairian rebels with Rwandan support captured the town from Zairian troops.

8.   Information from the two prisoners was used the following day to capture the town.

9.   Once the French troops withdraw from that area, there will be little to stop the rebel army from capturing the towns.