1.   Government troops advanced on the rebel stronghold.

2.   The troops will not advance until ordered to do so.

3.   Their troops had advanced to within striking distance of the town.

4.   Along with four German and two Australians relief workers who were also imprisoned, they were abandoned as anti-Taliban Northern Alliance troops advanced.

5.   And in a sign that the Taliban still held a psychological grip on the citizenry, there is no evidence of an uprising before Northern Alliance troops advanced.

6.   As a result, had the Muslim and Croat troops kept advancing, the retreating Serbs could not have stopped them.

7.   After fighting their way into the Chechen lowlands in October, Russian troops advanced on Urus-Martan.

8.   After fighting their way into the Chechen lowlands in October, Russian troops advanced on the town.

9.   Elsewhere in Bosnia, Bosnian government troops reportedly advanced again Wednesday against Muslim insurgents in a northwestern Bosnian enclave.

10.   In the hills above the blocked villagers, American troops cautiously advanced Tuesday afternoon toward the spot where the fighting had begun Tuesday morning.