The French, who have lost 42 soldiers here since the war began in April 1992, fired more than 60 mortar rounds at Serb positions overnight.

The air campaign along with a combined allied ground force of Muslim and Croatian Army against Serb positions led to a Dayton agreement in December 1995 with the signing of warring factions of the war.

The bombardment followed an artillery barrage against Serb positions situated to the north-west of Brcko, dubbed the Serbian Gibraltar by the Belgrade press.

Groups of planes that came filing in this evening, as the sun set over the base, gave a picture of the organization of the raids that went after Serb positions in the early hours of the morning and into the day.

After a two month-long struggle, the Ottomans engaged in a counter-attack against the Serb positions on 19 May 1809 .

Bosnian troops north of Sarajevo pounded separatist Serb positions today as the Muslim-led Government sent multiple signals that a long-awaited battle to lift the siege of the Bosnian capital is at hand.

Hungary denied allegations last night that Hungarian armed forces were helping Croat forces to fire at Serb positions in Croatia.

The Pentagon settled matters swiftly with "Operation Deliberate Force", raining Tomahawk missiles on the Serb positions.

The Belgrade-based news agency Tanjug quoted Serb forces as saying Muslims had been using heavy artillery to bombard Serb positions in the Bratunac region of eastern Bosnia.

President Clinton warned today that NATO could still carry out air strikes against Serb positions if the shelling of Sarajevo resumed.