21.   The march ended by the French border, where the POWs were liberated by the advancing American army.

22.   The last agent was dismissed after reporting what the government in Colombo described as exaggerated figures of refugees fleeing the advancing army.

23.   Those who masterminded the genocide fled the advancing army and now live in exile in Africa, Europe and the refugee camps in neighboring countries.

24.   Thousands of Serbs fled the advancing Croatian army in panic, abandoning their homes and everything in them.

25.   Although the rebels were withdrawing their administrative offices from Jaffna, they were massing their fighters to take on the advancing army, Tamil sources said.

26.   But its fighters melted away in the face of the advancing army, which is now engaged in beefing up its strength in the northern town.

27.   The separatists opened fire with automatic rifles from houses and farms and hurled grenades on the advancing army contingent, killing the six soldiers instantly.

28.   The battle there is remembered mainly for the massacre of wounded Australian and Indian soldiers taken prisoner by the advancing Japanese army, Australian historian John Moremon told AFP.