1.   A firefight ensued.

2.   A two-hour firefight ensued, and Russian warplanes and helicopters were summoned to rescue the unit and evacuate the dead and wounded.

3.   A firefight ensued and two of the assailants were shot and believed killed before the Australians were extracted by an American Chinook helicopter.

4.   A firefight ensued on the ground, he said.

5.   A firefight ensued, but police failed to take Nafar.

6.   A firefight ensued and one bandit and one hostage were killed.

7.   At one point, Palestinian gunmen opened fire at Israeli troops, and a firefight ensued.

8.   The guerrillas opened up on the patrol with rocket-propelled grenades and a firefight ensued, said the sources.

9.   A fierce firefight ensued, Russian news agencies said.

10.   A fierce firefight ensued, with exchanges of mortar, grenade and machinegun fire, Russian news agencies said.