Two boys, one aged 14 and the other 16, were ordered to lead soldiers into an area where a heavy firefight with Palestinian militants had just taken place.

He didn't fool himself into thinking he could win a heavy firefight.

The Israelis entered the hospital and were starting to leave when a larger force of Hezbollah fighters showed up and started a heavy firefight.

His letters to his future wife attest that he fought out of a foxhole for several months, and saw heavy and repeated firefights.

Diplomats say that heavy firefights with small arms and automatic weapons are being reported almost every night.

Overnight there was a heavy firefight employing tanks and artillery as well as AC-130 gunships.

The team first clears a safehouse with moderate resistance and then moves on to clear a courtyard where a heavy but brief firefight ensues.

The initial advance was unopposed, but a heavy firefight broke out when British troops made contact with Argentine defences.

The sound of a heavy firefight could be heard in the distance.

As you can see," he indicated the entrance to the armory and the heavy firefight outside, "we are pinned down and outgunned.