A company or more of rebels hit them from behind.

She seemed to see herself as some kind of rebel.

Most of the rebels were young men, between 18 and 25 years old.

They took more than a few of the rebels with them.

And what would have happened if another company of rebels had appeared?

Several of the rebels tried to fight - not well.

Then, and because they were taking heavy fire, the rest of the rebels began to fall back.

A total of 700 rebels were involved in the battle.

The total is of 3,597 government soldiers and 688-753 rebels killed.

Russian military officials put the number of rebels at about 600.