1.   German troops launched a full-scale attack on the city.

2.   Government troops launched an offensive against UNITA positions in the north.

3.   As the Union troops launched their attack across a swale in front of the Rebel positions, a violent storm erupted.

4.   As the week ended, Israeli troops launched a major assault on two refugee camps in the West Bank.

5.   Croatian troops launched a massive offensive in the disputed Krajina region Friday, aimed at retaking land lost to the rebel Serbs four years ago.

6.   In recent months government troops have launched attacks to dismantle four town governments set up by the Zapatistas and to arrest their leaders.

7.   Israeli troops launched operations in a village near Jenin, looking for Palestinian militants.

8.   Karadzic apparently refused to offer security guarantees and reportedly told Monsignor Monterisi that Muslim troops might launch an assault during the visit and blame the Serbs.

9.   The conflict ground on in the West Bank and Gaza, too, as Israeli troops launched raids into Bethlehem and Ramallah.

10.   The enemy troops were launching mortars and rocket-propelled grenades from higher ground onto the Americans, who were in a gully, they added.