1.   He said fierce fighting was taking place near Bahdu and insisted I would need at least a hundred soldiers if I went there.

2.   The fiercest fighting took place in the West Woods.

3.   The areas where the fighting is taking place are hilly and densely wooded.

4.   While the fighting took place in open country, the Legionnaires and Regulares were in their element.

5.   Most of the city was aflame, and bitter fighting had taken over the downtown suburbs.

6.   However, he telephoned from Kigali on Saturday to say that they had been taken out through the area in which the fighting had taken place without mishap.

7.   And the fighting took a profound new turn as the United States committed itself more than ever to a land war.

8.   A report by Human Rights Watch this summer also warned that the fighting was taking on a growing ethnic tone.

9.   But the fighting has now taken on a life of its own.