BOSNIAN ARMY HOLD SAME DEFENCE LINES IN BIHAC TOWN

SARAJEVO, Dec 2 (Hina) - The defence lines in the Bihac town remained the same after the bitter clashes in the last 24 hours, a spokesman for UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR) headquarters in Sarajevo said today. UN military observers reported that there had been severe infantry clashes in the crisis area. The same sources added that the Bosnian Army positions in the villages of Klokot, Zegar, Glavice and the Grabez Plateau were exposed to Serb artillery assaults. The Bangladeshi UN peace keepers counted 21 detonations of cannon and mortar rounds in the Bihac surroundings. The fierce Serb onslaught on Velika Kladusa was going on, UNPROFOR confirmed. The Bosnian Army's Fifth Corps soldiers were still in the town. The UN military observers yesterday registered 117 explosions of artillery shells in the wider Velika Kladusa area. (hina) mar mms 021431 MET dec 94