They occupied a defensive position behind the River Shannon, of which Limerick was the southern stronghold.

The city of 350,000, the southern stronghold in Yemen's civil war, is surrounded by northern troops.

The village grew to a fortified town, that served as a southern stronghold of the counts of Schaumburg.

Saleh's army is fighting to close the net on the southern stronghold of Aden, a port city, from three fronts: the west, north and east.

The base is about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the southern stronghold of Aden.

Heavy fighting was raging to the north and east of the southern stronghold of Aden Wednesday, as fear spread through the city's population.

But he denied southern claims the north had unleashed a missile attack on the southern stronghold.

The Taliban still have troops in their southern stronghold, around Kandahar.

He went on to capture important southern strongholds such as Malaga and Seville.

As they hunkered down in and around Kandahar, their southern stronghold, there were questions about how much longer they would be able to hold on.