REPORT ON SITUATION IN CENTRAL BOSNIA

VITEZ, Nov 18 (Hina) - The intensity of the Moslem offensive on the Zepce battlefield decreased, reported a Hina correspondent from the town of Vitez today. However, locations far from the first-line on the Zepce battlefield were still exposed to severe artillery fire of the enemy forces, according to the local command of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO). The very centre of Vitez was shelled on Wednesday evening. No casualties were reported. According to the Hina correspondent from that Central Bosnian town, the expelled Croats from Travnik informed about persecution and arrest of the Croats in that town. Over one thousand Croats had not received humanitarian aid since last June, although relief aid was regularly delivered to the Moslem residents of Travnik. It was also reported that the Jesuit Grove of the famous seminary had been destroyed whereas 110-year-old trees lining a walk cut down. The Jesuit Grove was the well-known symbol of the Croatian heritage in that Bosnian town. 181646 MET nov 93