Around 1200hrs, it received heavy artillery and mortar fire in the neighborhood of the church.

They received fire in which several of the government troops were wounded and one was killed.

The A-1s flew over the site of the pilots without receiving fire.

"The most important point here is that they were receiving fire from the direction of the post," he said.

He said his team received fire and returned it.

"They were just getting into the town when they received fire from buildings all around them," the major said.

Broke continued to receive heavy fire and was forced to withdraw at 10:30.

We were still receiving fire; in fact, it seemed to have intensified.

Soon the vehicles began receiving heavy fire stopping their advance.

They were also beginning to receive friendly fire from allied troops who did not know their location.