1.   Rebels have so far offered little opposition to advancing troops.

2.   And Hamza alleges that during the Persian Gulf war the Iraqi leader deliberately positioned stockpiles of chemical and biological agents in the path of advancing American troops.

3.   As a young refugee, Henry Siegman found himself fleeing advancing German troops in Belgium early in World War II.

4.   But advancing Russian troops forced the Germans to prematurely ship out the factory machinery and the slave laborers.

5.   But over the last two days, journalists traveling with the advancing troops have reported looting, executions of surrendering Taliban soldiers, and mutilations of their bodies.

6.   He said he raced with the advancing troops to the Lastric apartment to make sure they were given protection.

7.   Later, he remembered the mass graves where advancing Soviet troops hurriedly deposited their dead, with a promise to give them a decent burial when they came back.

8.   Near the end of the war, retreating Confederate soldiers set fire to Tobacco Row to deny valuable stores to advancing Union troops.

9.   Senior administration officials said Friday that bombing would first target advancing Serbian troops, their communications and their supplies.

10.   Such missions are intended to cut down enemy tanks, soldiers and artillery that are blocking advancing troops, or to rescue units that have been ambushed or surrounded.