Serbian troops had overrun the area and the 300 or so United Nations soldiers in charge of safeguarding it.

In May of the following year German troops overran Belgium.

In a telephone interview, he said his troops had overrun the base of the group and found water, tents and vehicles.

It was far better, they argued, to wait until British troops overran the sector than for the commanding general to risk capture or possible death.

His troops had just overrun a battalion there.

Shortly before American troops overran the mosque, he fled the city.

In 1917, British and Russian troops overran the country.

Grant's troops overran the surprised Confederate camp and destroyed it.

American troops had overrun two smaller targets, spotters described them as "surrounded by dead Germans".

Iraqi troops overran the country shortly after midnight on 2 August 1990.