1.  A small, poorly equipped American unit defends a strategic bridge against a much larger, far better equipped German force.

2.  NATO forces backed away last week from the defense of a television transmitter and a strategic bridge where US troops have come under attack by Serbian protesters.

3.  The lead panzers were halted three miles short of the strategic bridges across the Meuse River, the last natural barrier on the road to Antwerp.

4.  The Russian military said it has captured a strategic bridge, a hospital, a cannery and a military compound.

5.  A subsequent AP report said the Army a short time later destroyed two strategic bridges as South Korean refugees streamed across, killing hundreds of civilians.

6.  Fighting also was heavy northwest of the capital, near the strategic Lofa bridge.

7.  Fighting also was raging northwest of the capital, near the strategic Lofa bridge.

8.  Government forces launched an offensive Monday against the forces of a renegade military commander and fierce fighting raged around a strategic bridge.

9.  Most died when artillery and mortar fire fell short of target and landed on mud brick houses near a strategic bridge and hydroelectric dam that somehow escaped serious damage.

10.  On Wednesday, forces loyal to Ravalomanana seized a strategic bridge from rival troops, a key victory that could open a fuel supply line to the besieged capital.