1.   Her troops ambushed Chinese convoys and destroyed their camps, but were gradually defeated.

2.   They said that troops had ambushed and shot the leader, Yusef Ahmed Abu Swai, near his house.

3.   Another eight guerrillas were killed when the government troops ambushed a nearby rebel observation post, Dewage said.

4.   Elsewhere in the northeast, government troops ambushed and killed three guerrillas in three separate incidents Tuesday, said Major D. Ranawaka, another military spokesman.

5.   Four Tamil rebels were killed and two government soldiers wounded when troops ambushed guerillas in eastern Sri Lanka, military officials said Sunday.

6.   Government troops ambushed separatist rebels in the Paranthan area, killing eight of them, said the statement.

7.   Government troops ambushed Tamil rebels, killing two of them in northern Sri Lanka, the military said Wednesday.

8.   Government troops ambushed a group of Tamil Tiger rebels, killing six, the military said Saturday.

9.   In a separate skirmish, troops ambushed and killed two more rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam also in the north on Wednesday.

10.   In another incident, troops ambushed and killed a rebel in Welioya district, Dewage said.