The rebels could not gain an advantage and dissipated.

"The rebels have clearly gained," said a senior Western military specialist, who spoke on the condition that he not be identified.

Within hours the army surrendered in full and the rebels had gained victory.

Last fall, when the rebels almost gained control in heavy fighting, the Government retaliated with torture and execution.

Over the next three months more than a half-million people were killed before the Tutsi rebels gained control of the country.

The rebels are not gaining much support by murdering civilians.

By 1992 the Serbian rebels had gained control over about a third of Croatia.

The rebels gained control of one third of the island.

By these treacherous means, the rebels have gained the advantage of surprise.

His last words were reported as "I would rather die here than that the rebels should gain an inch of this ground."