The house-to-house battle for the town late last month lasted three days.
Using tanks and artillery, they quickly overran most of the desired towns: by March 5, after fierce house-to-house fighting, they captured the last one, Lang Son, across the border .
The men in Kilo Company were veterans of ferocious house-to-house fighting in Fallujah.
Vigilantes armed with machetes fight Nigerian Islamists Armed with machetes and clubs, vigilantes in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri are setting up roadblocks and conducting house-to-house searches to aid the army's fight against Islamist militants.
July 2, 2013 - Stars and Stripes
Vigilantes Armed With Machetes Fight Nigerian Islamist Militants Armed with machetes and clubs, vigilantes in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri are setting up roadblocks and conducting house-to-house searches to aid the army’s fight against Islamist militants.
July 1, 2013 - Bloomberg