1.   He sacked the generals who advised him six months ago to make concessions to NATO and accept a cease-fire, and replaced them with loyal hard-liners.

2.   Rebel Serb leaders sacked four generals Monday, hoping to deflect blame for humiliating battlefield losses to government and Croat forces in northwestern Bosnia.

3.   Rebel Serb leaders sacked four generals on Monday, hoping to deflect blame for humilitating battlefield losses to government and Croat forces in northwestern Bosnia.

4.   Bosnian Serb army commanders on Wednesday refused to carry out an order to sack four generals in defiance of a Serb parliament vote for their dismissal earlier this week.

5.   Seven senior generals were sacked along with Grachev, after Lebed accused them of plotting to mobilise the army to put pressure on Yeltsin.