1.   In a lightning offensive two weeks ago, Croatian government troops reshaped the Balkan battlefield.

2.   Most of the territory held by Serbs was recaptured in two lightning offensives last year.

3.   The lightning Ethiopian offensive caught Eritreans by surprise, splitting families as they fled.

4.   The prince was pushed into capitulation by the lightning offensive Hun Sen unleashed against his supporters.

5.   However, the Croatian army grabbed back most of the territory last year in two lightning offensives which smashed the self-declared Serb state in Croatia.

6.   Hundreds of Sri Lankan government troops captured a northern town held by Tamil guerrillas Friday after launching a lightning offensive against rebels in the region, military officials said.

7.   In a lightning offensive, Croatian forces swept tens of thousands of rebel Serbs out of western Slavonia in May and the Krajina region in early August.

8.   In the event, the reunification of most of Croatia was achieved by military force, in a lightning offensive by the Croatian army early this month.

9.   Iran still supports Rabbani, whose government was toppled in late September when the Taliban Islamic militia overran the Afghan capital Kabul in a lightning offensive.

10.   Bosnian government troops retook the town of Klujc from the Bosnian Serbs in a lightning offensive last month.