It came away with modest shifts in the Russian positions and an agreement on guidelines for future talks.

We could hear faint sounds from the Russian forward positions.

All along the front, our troops were ordered to break up the Russian positions.

There are Russian positions on the southern slope of the second ridge.

While the Russian position appeared firm, senior American officials said tonight that they did not consider the issue closed.

It became our task to dig down to them, kill their miners and undermine the Russian positions instead.

The Russian position on the ground is of course extremely weak.

Today's statement also showed some of the contradictions in the Russian position.

Despite some modest shifts in the Russian positions, however, the fundamental disagreements remain.

The left flank of the Russian position was therefore ripe for a flanking attack.