71.   The boom of artillery shelling resounded as soldiers dug in on the northern outskirts of the town of Omantai, which was captured in an army offensive launched Tuesday.

72.   The Cambodian government on Monday rejected claims by an opposition leader that it had agreed to hold cease-fire talks with resistance forces holding out against a new army offensive.

73.   The civilians called the troops liberators as they prepared to return to homes they fled last year during the last army offensive.

74.   The fighting spilled over into Sudan after the Sudanese government agreed in March to an Ugandan army offensive within its borders.

75.   The first army offensive of the year was aimed at expanding the area the government controls, the military said in a statement.

76.   The flight followed a Croatian army offensive that crushed a Serb rebellion in one-third of the republic.

77.   The latest wave of expulsions followed a Croatian army offensive in early August to recapture Serb-held territory.

78.   The hostilities have intensified in the past two weeks with an increase in Palestinian attacks and Israeli army offensives in the Palestinian areas.

79.   The rapprochement between Croatia and Yugoslavia ironically was facilitated in part by Croatian army offensives last year to retake most of the Serb-held land.

80.   The move comes in the wake of a general mobilization proclaimed in Serb-held parts of Croatia following a recent successful Croatian army offensive.