(30 Aug 1995) Natural Sound
Wednesday's NATO attack on Bosnian Serb positions was backed up in the Sarajevo area by British, French and Dutch troops from the rapid reaction force.
Soldiers positioned on Mount Igman, to the southwest of the capital, fired more than 600 shells from their heavy weapons this morning, and soon after sent light tanks and armoured cars onto the streets of Sarajevo.
While NATO planes were bombarding Bosnian Serb positions from above, the multinational rapid reaction force joined the attack on the ground.
British, French and Dutch soldiers that are part of the force based on Mount Igman, located just outside Sarajevo, joined the attacks on Serb positions around the Bosnian capital.
The United Nations said they fired over 600 rounds from different artillery weapons between four-45 A-M (0245 GMT) and seven-30 A-M (0530 GMT).
Detonations around the city later indicated more hits, apparently from the rapid reaction force's big guns.
A cloud of dark smoke rose to the southwest of the city at four o' clock this afternoon (1400 GMT).
It appeared to be around Hadzici, which is 16 kilometres (10 miles) southwest of Sarajevo, near very large Serb ammunition dumps and a large repair facility for tanks and artillery.
Some of the force's vehicles and soldiers were moved to U-N observation posts, which had better firing positions, in Sarajevo.
The rapid reaction force, which is part of the United Nations protection force - or UNPROFOR - was driven into town with a U-N escort.
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