1.   The great military offensive had failed, and it seemed victory was escaping them.

2.   After a failed military offensive, all government troops and police were withdrawn from the island.

3.   This called for the halting of large-scale FMLN military offensives which could jeopardize the UN peace process.

4.   And with his popularity in free fall, Yeltsin took a cautious step in the direction of those who felt most betrayed by his military offensive.

5.   As Israeli troops maintain their widest military offensive in this year of fighting, six towns were battlezones and Bethlehem was the worst.

6.   As you know, this is the first spring in four years without a military offensive by the parties in Bosnia.

7.   At that time, he said it was a government military offensive that was crippling the rebel smuggling operation.

8.   Bethlehem is the last remaining Palestinian city still occupied by Israel after its massive military offensive in the West Bank last month.

9.   -- President Boris Yeltsin, who has been hospitalized for minor nose surgery since ordering the military offensive eight days ago, went home.

10.   A cease-fire, brokered by Norway, has bound them both to desist from military offensives.