11.   She lost most of one leg earlier this year after rebels stormed her village, leaving mines to cover their retreat.

12.   The intruder fled back to the Croat side, but both he and his companion continued firing into Hungarian territory, covering their retreat.

13.   The guerrillas left them, covering their retreat with semiautomatic rifle fire.

14.   The Lebanese officials said the guerrillas fired a mortar shell to cover the retreat of the gunmen.

15.   The Lebanese officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the guerrillas fired a mortar shell to cover the retreat of the gunmen.

16.   But taking Sanski Most will be hard as the Serbs blew up a bridge as they covered their retreat, he said.

17.   The attackers were using hostages to cover their retreat, Interfax said.