1.   As a result of the street clashes, the pace of the Russian advance has slowed, some Russian officials acknowledged.

2.   A Russian advance party is expected Monday.

3.   Given the proximity of Auschwitz, the Russian advance and looming Nazi death marches for Jews, the other Jewish laborers undoubtedly did not fare as well.

4.   Grozny, the capital, so far remains a main exception to the Russian advance.

5.   Local lore says two Jewish boys escaped during the commotion over the Russian advance and were rescued by Poles.

6.   Reinforcements of Chechen fighters were heading in Saturday night to relieve their comrades and strengthen the resistance to the Russian advance in northern Chechnya.

7.   Russian advance troops remained under a punishing counterattack.

8.   Saturday, the details behind the Russian advance were still unclear.

9.   The bulwark lies in the shadow of the Caucasian mountains and marks one of the farthest line of the Russian advance into southern Chechnya.

10.   The bulwark lies in the shadow of the Caucasus Mountains and marks one of the deepest lines of the Russian advance into southern Chechnya.